"Yesterday's Dream": Sunday June 19: Lakefield

After a nice concert in the park at Campbellford Wednesday night, we were up early to move to the blue line on the lock - only a mile or so up the waterway.

Why the rush? The Kawartha Voyager has pulled in across the way in Campbellford and they were scheduled to be locked through at 11:00 am (pay big $$ and you too can 'schedule' your time!).

No way did we want to follow them through the next 6 locks. It worked!

Rahn de Vous approaching the flight lock.

Craig and Karen on Rahn de Vous were with us as we headed into the second pair of flight locks on the lower Trent.

Another long day going through locks. Mmm.... maybe we WILL just go to Chicago and the rivers once we make it to the North Channel. Might be better than retracing all of these locks :-)

But our plan worked - we were able to stay a head of the Voyager and made it to Hastings. Spent the night above the lock so we didn't need to wait until 10am when the locked opened to continue our traveling.

The Voyager ALSO tied up above the lock! We just can't seem to get away ....

It was fun watching them demonstrate how the nose of the boat folds up so the Voyager can fit into the small lock just below Peterborough.

The captain was very nice. I asked him if he had ever hit anything - and after thought that this was probably not a very nice question. If he had, bad memories and if he hadn't - was I going to be the cause of his running into a boat somewhere??

It didn't seem to faze him though fortunately. He works 10 days on (Peterborough to Big Chute and back) and then has 5 days off. Apparently the cruises are quite popular as bookings are mostly filled for this entire season. Wouldn't be a bad way to see the Trent - maybe in a few years .....

Looking west from the Hastings harbor.

We were up early again but not as early as Craig and Karen. I had agreed to a 6:30 am leave time to again beat the Voyager. All night I'm thinking about the old two train problems from my days past. If the Voyager leaves at 7 am and travels 7 mph and we leave at 9 am (after breakfast out :-) ) traveling 8 mph, how long would it take us to catch up as we travel the 40 miles to Peterborough? The answer? WE WOULD NEVER CATCH UP!!

I made my apologies to Craig and Karen - they left ahead of the Voyager. I slept and had breakfast out ..... We did indeed NOT catch up :-)

Another gorgeous travel day with light winds, lots of sun and great views.

This end of the Trent isn't nearly as populated as the more central region - where there are more lakes, small towns and open areas than there are locks.

The Canadian geese are everywhere. It must be getting late already as the young are almost as large as the adults already.

Of course our favorite are the loons. We were fortunate to spot a pair with two relatively young chicks.

It was calm enough as we traveled for Steve to begin working on the teak railing. Using a sander to remove all of the finish, he'll then put several coats of cetol to keep it looking nice for another year or so.

In and tied up by 2 or so below the lock near Peterborough.

Really nice place for the night. Easy ride into town (for breakfast and a movie - just HAD to see Finding Dory).

On the way back from the show Saturday we came across a wooden boat show in one of the parks.

The old Johnson motor looks just like the one in the basement at the farm! A 1958 model as I recall.

Amazing boats in unbelievable condition. Funny how there are collectors of just about anything!

There was even an old Peterborough runabout made when this area was home to some great boatbuilders.

After returning to the boat about 2 or so on Saturday, we headed up the waterway. Seven locks between us and Lakefield so the idea was to travel through most of them and spend the night on a lock wall again.

First the lift lock. For info, click here.

The rest of the locks are the old hand operated locks that are nice historically but a pain to travel through as they are just so much slower :-)