We now feel like we are really 'home'. The last two days we have traveled a lazy 31 miles on the Trent River from Trenton to Campbellfor - including 12 locks. We are traveling upstream so all of the locks lift us as we move towrd the summit of the Trent System. So far we are 234 feet above the level of Lake Ontario but what a difference in travel! It's still very windy and cool but with the sun out it's warm enough and the calmness of the canal system is wonderful.
Waiting for the locks to lower other boats sometimes offers a chance to sit and relax on shore - as Steve is managing to do!
The double lock (after one lock takes you to the top you then move right into a second lock and go up again) we went through yesterday was a total of 48 feet - a giant door between the locks! This was the last lock of the day before we settled in at Campbellford. There is a huge 2 dollar coin in the park here to commerate the artist who designed the coin as he lives in the area.
And we saw the cutest puppy - chocolate labe about 8 weeks old. Who could resist that cute face! She loved to chew fingers though and very sharp little puppy teeth. She belonged to the lockmaster at the lock in Frankford where we spent the night before last.
We now feel like we are really 'home'. The last two days we have traveled a lazy 31 miles on the Trent River from Trenton to Campbellfor - including 12 locks. We are traveling upstream so all of the locks lift us as we move towrd the summit of the Trent System. So far we are 234 feet above the level of Lake Ontario but what a difference in travel! It's still very windy and cool but with the sun out it's warm enough and the calmness of the canal system is wonderful.
Waiting for the locks to lower other boats sometimes offers a chance to sit and relax on shore - as Steve is managing to do!
The double lock (after one lock takes you to the top you then move right into a second lock and go up again) we went through yesterday was a total of 48 feet - a giant door between the locks! This was the last lock of the day before we settled in at Campbellford. There is a huge 2 dollar coin in the park here to commerate the artist who designed the coin as he lives in the area.
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