8:00 this morning we are back out on the Trent-Severn headed to Hastings. We had planned on resting a day after yesterday’s workout but decided to shove on and get more of the locks behind us. We were at Lock #13 when it opened and were the first boats through. One down…five more to go.
Hang ’em on the left, hang ’em on the right, hang ’em on the left, hang ’em on the right…stand up, sit down, fight, fight, fight! Takes me back to old cheer leading days. The first four locks are different tie ups each time…port, starboard, port, starboard with seven fenders each time. I am working on improving my time as it took me fifteen minutes with the first attempt.
Another one of the locks today was a double.
It is a beautiful summer Canadian morning. The air is fresh, the water is calm and the birds are singing. The temperature dipped to 50 degrees last night, but this morning the sun is shining and it is a beautiful day on the water.
Beautiful cottage country to travel through.
Canadians are very patriotic and fly their flags everywhere. We loved seeing that.
Apparently, they rent house boats in these waters. People were out enjoying the day.
The lock masters again are so friendly and helpful. They make a point of going up to each boat and talking to the people. One lady planted this “boat” with flowers and a trellis as a sail. She said a critter ate the vine and she had to start over.
The highlight of my day was when we saw this mother loon and her two babies. Usually the babies ride on their mother’s back, nit this time they were swimming along side. I have many memories of seeing and hearing loons when I used to go as a child to Crane Lake in northern Ontario in the summers. What a wonderful memory.
Today we traveled 20 miles, went through six locks and averaged 3.9 miles per hour. We are thankful for another beautiful summer day on the water.