Wednesday June 10: Peterborough

Saturday was our last day in Campbellford - definitely time to move on ....

But first there was the farmer's market across the bridge as well as a - in theory - a huge garage sale sponsored by the Lion's Club.

So Steve checked out the market while I waited nearby.

The Lion's sale kind of turned out to be a bust but it was still a nice ride to a part of the town we hadn't seen before.

Finally Sunday we headed out for the first of six locks and 20 miles to Hastings.

It was again a very nice day - sunny and 70's. Plenty warm in the sun.

It was nice to be moving again!

There are very few boats actually moving though the lowerer end of the waterway system so for us it was great. Every lock was open and waiting for us.

As we were traveling by ourselves the locking went much faster - in, hang on to the cables, up and out. It's still always tiring when traveling through so many locks so by the time we made it to Hastings, we pretty much stayed put - except of course Steve had to walk around and check out the town to see if anything had changed :-)


Osprey are a welcome sight along the waterway - what a change from years past.

Loons in their summer colors have also been spotted. They are so much prettier than when we see them in their gray/white winter colors in Florida.

And then on Monday, the rains began .....

There were only 40 miles and one lock between Hastings and Peterborough. It should be a really nice ride down the length of Rice Lake and then the final 20 miles on the winding Trent River.

Wait or go? Fortunately we went! The weather on Tuesday and Wednesday were even worse than the on/off rain on Monday.






So we're now firmly tied to the dock at the marina - with the view of the fountain from the aft deck - having arrived late afternoon Monday.

Storms have rolled through both yesterday and today. It's a good place to be!

Steve is packed and ready to travel to Greece. He's meeting Becky for a 10 day combined sightseeing and sailing trip (he'll earn his Royal Yacht Association Day Skipper Sailing Certification and Becky will earn her Competent Crew Member Certificaion!!), The sightseeing includes Athens and Santorini. The sightseeing sounds great but Sailing ....really? :>)

Someone needs to hold down the fort here - that's me! Mmmm ..... 10 days of alone time. Have I made the right decision? I'm thinking so ...