Wednesday June 27: Lakefield

We left the Peterborough marina Sunday morning amid cool air and overcast skies - with the promise of sun later in the day.

It was a long trip of 1 mile :-) Having spent a week at the marina (mostly for the trip back to Ohio) it was time to leave.

A weekly rate at a marina is typically quite a bit less than the daily rate so we made the most of being in town for 7 days. The preferred place for us though is on the lock wall below Lock 20. Nice bright sunshine for most of the afternoon kept our solar panels producing at max output.

After we tied up, the lock personnel told us they couldn't lock us through for another hour or so (which we didn't want to do anyway!) because there was an "event" at the liftlock.

How many canoes can fit into the liftlock at one time? Seemed like something we should check out and it was just a short bike ride above the lock to the liftlock.

No disappointment there!! Lots of canoes and kayaks but apparently last year was the real record breaker. Check out the pictures from last year by clicking here.



The really fun part was when the group started turning around to go back into the liftlock - mass chaos!

There was a drone around as well (we're thinking it was for a news feed or something). Fun to see though. Maybe it would be fun to have one of these!

Finally on Monday the sun was back with still cool air.

There are 5 more locks to go until we reach Lakefield so we decided to stop at the 4th lock. Not a long day but this gave us time to enjoy the day.

Steve of course tried his luck at fishing - no catching :-) Plus a bike ride on a very nice bike path that runs along the canal.

Dinner and breakfast ashore is always enjoyable :-) This really cool boat went by - wood for sure. The captain told us it was custom built in 1937. Notice the guy driving has his head sticking out of a hatch in the roof!!

On to Lakefield on Tuesday. This time at the lock. Since we have a mooring pass, it's at no cost (at least it seems like it except the pass for the season was a cost of about $250 but the  more we use it the less cost per use :-) )

Rain was due in Wed so we were up early and moved on to the Lakefield Marina. Just a not very nice day and definitely a good day to have power :-)

I hunkered down in the boat but Steve braved the chance of rain (making it back just in time!) and rode around the bike path. It leads around the campground across from the marina and past the marsh area that provides a wonderful area for the wildlife in the area.


Strangest and most interesting thing today? A travel trailer with a loft!!! Want a tour? Click here.

Other interesting history of the area were the steamboats that used to leave from Lakefield and the gentleman that made canoes and paddles here in Lakefield. Note that he built his last canoe when he was 99 years old!