Campbellford

On Tuesday we left the marina early as planned along with Karma to start the TSW.   We only  traveled 31 miles  but it was at 6 mph and we went through 12 locks today. Another boat Texas True traveled with us from lock one to six.  They are only 28’ so the three of us were able to squeeze in the lock.  Usually you can only get two boats at a time into a lock, it was a tight fit.  It was nearly 5pm when we arrived at Campbellford. We were pretty tired after so many locks.   There were some Loopers who had left Trenton the day before still in here in Campbellford when we arrived .  We had another very nice docktails get together with the crews from; Karma, Marc’s Ark, Quest, The Zone and Why Knot.

TSW here we come.

Karma in front of us and Texas True in back.  We felt like a Passport sandwich.

Lots of the lock gates as well as the valves are still operated by hand.

Flood control gates tha can be set into the walls if needed.

An abandon railroad swing bridge.

This was a double lock you went from one right into the other 24' lift each time.

Wednesday we were in search for a little spring that had broken off of the shower door so we decided to walk to the hardware store. After the forth store and many kilometers later we did find what we needed along with a stop at the Chocolate Factory Outlet Store and the local grocery.  All in all a relaxing day after so many locks yesterday.  Tomorrow we plan on heading to Hastings so we will travel about 20 miles and do 6 locks.  Sounds a little easier than Tuesday.

Passport, Karma & The Zone

Passport from across the river.

The person who designed the "toonie" (which is a two dollar coin) was from Campbellford.  

Mary chose not to cross the bridge, John thought the views were fantastic.

Another sign you don't see every day.

A new olympic sport?

The water leading to Rainey falss is very low.

A nice house we came across.

Sign seen at the chocolate factory, what exactly is in chocolate?

A couple of tall church steeples.

There are quite a few boats here so we will all need to time our departure so as not to bunch up at the locks.  John was able to get the pics in we are now caught up with the blog.  

Mary & John