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| 10KM/Hr = 6.2 MPH |
We
left our dock about 830a and moved SLOWLY down the Rideau Canal
through 7 more locks today which completed our journey on this Canal. It was another extremely hot and humid day. In this photo all
smileys are open, no wind, no breeze...sweat'n!
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| Dead Calm! |
First
mate was guzzling water and here the Captain is trying to stay cool
with shoes off.
Sights
along the way: Interesting house with round deck house attachment &
some colorful chairs on the boat dock.
On
the chart it said “Red Rock” and when we got there, sure enough
it was red with a green marker on it.
We
were again following the folks from New York in their huge (barge
size) house boat. This
is a swing bridge and one of the first ones not operated by hand. It
was not suppose to open until 10a but they let us all through when
we arrived at 930a.
Yesterday
I showed you photos of 8 boats crammed into one lock but today was
even more amazing! First of all, for those who might not know, the "Bowsprit" is the part that sticks out of the front of our boat and holds the anchor. IT was the leading factor in the "dance".
The house boat was across from us and first on
the starboard side of the lock. Then a large boat was on the port side and then
Miss gg was behind them. Everyone was sure this series of locks was shorter but
the lock master said they were all the same. I wanted so much to get
a picture of the first mate on “At Last” (boat in front of us) but the rail blocked her
pretty face. What was more amazing about her face was the calm it reflected! .... I'm sure I would have been
panicking. She was awesome doing what most captains would call
for.... putting herself between their boat and our bowsprit!!! Egad!
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| CLOSE! |
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| CLOSER! |
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| Protecting the Ship! |
Today
we had to carefully thread our way through the markers across
marshes... on the chart it was all green for marsh grass...usually no
boat traffic goes there! Most of the time we had only 3.3 ft below
our keel... a couple of times it was just under 2 ft!
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| Beautiful Rocky Outcropping |
At
the last series of locks there was another block house. This one a
little more attractive than the one we found yesterday. It provided housing long ago for the Lock
Master and was a place to defend the locks during the war of 1812...
in case America should invade Canada.
One
last photo of pretty reed grasses blowing in the wind... YES! At
last we had some breezes.
We
will be in Kingston for two nights awaiting mail and getting ordered
parts from West Marine.. NO, apparently, we don't have enough parts
yet! :-0
The
first mate on At Last, Wendy, gave me their boat card and said to
contact them if we needed anything. How Nice! Again, the folks we
are meeting along the way are making this Grand Adventure even more of a dream come true for the Captain and the one catching a ride on his dream. :-)
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