Tuesday June 2: Campbellford

It was still seriously cold yesterday when we left Frankford - and with a slow start it was breakfast on the road. No way we wanted to miss the first lock of the day as they are only open 10 - 4 on weekdays. Steve made a great egg sandwich and a hot cup of tea. Perfect :-)

Definitely another oven mitt day on the flybridge though. I surely do miss that enclosed flybridge on Yesterday's Dream .......

Traveling the southern end of the Trent River is pretty quiet. Maybe one or two fishing boats and a couple of cruisers moving but not much else.

It's got to be the weather! We made our way slowly through 4 locks and the winding waterways. Modest cottages line parts of the river - a few campgrounds as well.

The original homes which were occupied by the lockmaster and his family still stand at several of the locks along this stretch of the system.

Most locks are somewhat isolated - all are very quiet places to spend an evening.

But our destination was Campbellford - nice town where we could once again plug in our little heater. Low again in the low 40's.

At last we spotted the suspension bridge which is just a mile downstream from Campbellford - and then made our way into the last of the locks: the flight locks (2 locks in a row) at Ranney Falls.

We followed the houseboat through all of the locks - they had rejoined us the second night at Frankford. Nice couple from Ottawa.

We can't quite figure out why it is so tiring traveling on days that are cold and windy but both of us were happy to be in and tied up to the town dock wall yesterday!

The houseboat left early this morning - we have opted to take advantage of the "pay for two, stay three" deal at the marina here.

There is still some work that needs to be done and this is a great place to do it!

Breakfast first though - across the bridge - overlooking the water.

And a stop at the thrift store. Steve is still searching for stainless steel pots for his induction burner. And I needed some new books. Score on both counts!!

Then the work started. With the sun out and the temps in the low 70's, it was a perfect day to get the new flybridge cover fitted. Also made in Banana Bay - using the old one (which was pretty worn out due to a poor choice of material) as a pattern.

Overall? VERY happy with the outcome!!

Next, new white covers for shade and privacy. 80% of the heat is blocked, better visibility out. Also made in Banana Bay.

The old ones were fine - Steve thought we needed to make new ones so we could see out better (using a different material). He was right. Can't believe I actually admitted that ......

I'll leave it that the second side went a lot better than the first (4 snaps had to be drilled out and moved on the first side).

By the time we finished, the wind had picked up and it was chilly again.

But a great day. Tomorrow two small projects and then we should be done.

Sure - right. Boats are never done ......