As dawn broke the next day Terri and I awoke and agreed to
stay put. There was no real reason to
travel today if we didn’t want to. No
schedules, deadlines or weather systems to consider. Stay we did, hoping to see a little bit of
Trenton. Relax, do some boat chores and
just be happy. We did go downtown and
lightly refresh our supplies. Canadian Beer
and its unique taste were high on my list. I also remembered from our last visit that
there was a local person whom was adept at splicing dock lines. They did have a small supply in the Marina office
and they were perfect for our boat. Another
way to support the local economy I thought as I purchased four of them. We weren’t in desperate need but our old ones
were well worn from the many, many locks we had traversed in the last few
years.
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| Terri looking forward locking through. |
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| Looking forward while in a lock. |
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| One of many osprey on this stretch of water. |
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| Beautiful countryside. |
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| Great Blue Heron |
We spent the rest of the day washing the boat and lounging
around. There was a constant show of
boats going up and down the river. The locals are the same but different everywhere
we go. Fun to watch from our fly-bridge
and pass the time for the few days we had here. Tomorrow we would have 8 locks to go through
and were hopeful for an early start as we planned on fueling up before we depart. So an early night was in order.
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| Terrmar resting at the bottom of Lock 8. |
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| How Locks Work |
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| View from our spot on the wall looking towards the lock opening. |
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| Proof that I did actually go fishing. |
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| Beautiful Park but over crowded with Canadian Geese and what they leave behind. |
Up and at it early today, as you never know how things are
going to go with regards to Marinas and their service promises. I was told that I would be first in line for
fuel today, but Murphy’s Law and a Marina attendant had other plans. I was to be second which isn’t usually a big
deal, but the Locks of the Trent Severn System were now operating with roving
Lock Attendants. This meant that if we
didn’t make the first lock opening we might be in for a long day. The first opening was scheduled for 9:00AM and
if we missed that, it might be 11:00AM or later before the Attendants arrived back
to Lock 1. We had lots of fuel in
reserve and could easily make it to Peterborough in a few days, so we left without fueling up. We did make the first lock through on Lock 1 and everything turned out well.
By days end we find ourselves at Lock 8 and tie up at the Lock
Wall. We share the wall with some local
people who are just out for the afternoon. We enjoyed a very pleasant and peaceful
afternoon and evening. We walked Smudge
but had to stay on the concrete portions of the Lock Wall as the grass was
liberally bombed by the Canadian Geese.
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Another beautiful Sunset.
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Cheers,
Mark
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