We left Orillia about 11 – waiting
for the sun to come out but eventually we just left anyway. Steve
wanted to ride on the front of the boat as we approached the north
end of Lake Couchiching as it is about 9 feet deep and the water is
quite clear. He was looking for big fish in the water!
Sadly none today.
On the way to the only lock of the day
was a railroad swing bridge. No problem – we've been under this
bridge before and cleared it no problem – as long as the antennae
were down. So down come the antennae and under the bridge we go. Quite slowly I might add. Alas, the
water was just a bit higher this year – end result was a tear in
the flybridge cover. How sad. But the bridgetender was very nice and
opened the bridge quite quickly. Next time maybe we'll just ask the
bridge to be swung ….. oops :-)
This part of the Trent now follows the
Severn River down to Georgian Bay – it's really very different than
the upper part of the system. Lots of granite and many narrow
passages make for a really pretty ride.
It was time to get the kayaks out
again. This time we'll just leave them blown up and store them on the
front deck. Even though it's not that big of a deal it's just nicer
having them already blown up and ready to just toss into the water to
use.
Swift Rapids was the lock of choice
tonight. It is SO huge. It's really hard to even get a picture of it. This is a lock that replaced a marine railway - one of two that we traveled on as kids. (The other was Big Chute which we'll pass through tomorrow.)
And of course, sunset looking over the river below from the top of the lock.
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