July 13, 2012
We left Frankford Lock # 6
at 7:30 this AM and within fifteen minutes were at the first lock of the day. It’s hot today – 90 degrees at noon when we
arrived at Campbellford for the night.
They have great facilities on either side of the canal including
electricity, water and wifi – hooray! I
am finally catching up on the blog. We went through six more locks today.
Campbellford is a lovely
little town with all sorts of amenities. I did a load of wash at the laundromat
a couple blocks away, we found Dooher’s Bakery only a block away – tomorrow I
shall be there when it opens to buy their specialty: cream filled donuts. I bought sticky buns and cheese bread
today. Ralph shaved Striper down today
because it has been so hot in recent days and she is a happy camper.
We met two fellow Looper
couples today and had dinner together this evening at “Be My Guest Family
Restaurant which was really delicious and we had a good time chatting about our
experiences. Both couples have traveled
via the Erie Canal and not the Rideau so it made for some interesting dinner
conversation.
It’s 1:00 AM and Ralph has
been in bed for almost four hours....I need to go to bed now myself. Here are a few photos from today:
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| Dinner with our new Looper friends |
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| First lock today, Glen Ross Lock # 7 |
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| Double Locks 11 and 12 Ranney Falls |
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| Ranny Falls Lock height 48 feet |
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| Say Good-Bye reaching the top of the first of two locks at Ranny Falls |
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| Tied up at the municipal dock in Campbellford on the Trent-Severn Waterway |
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| Striper meets Willie and Rudy at Meyers Lock # 9 |
Hello Ralph and Celeste,
ReplyDeleteAs always, another great post. I’ve been following along but didn’t realize that I could post a comment until this afternoon. I’ve enjoyed every post!
The three best trawler blogs on the internet - Say Good-Bye, Carolyn-Ann (now at the head of the Ohio in Pittsburgh),and Sterling at “Sterlings Lady”.
I’ll keep reading, and thanks for the updates.
Fair winds and following seas,
Mike
DeFever 40 “Full Step”
Palm Coast Fl.
Hi Mike: So nice to hear from you and are happy you are enjoying the blog. We've had intermittent internet connectivity here in Canada so I can't always post every day, but I try to catch up. As of today 7/15/12 the posts are current. Wishing you fair winds and following seas as well -- what could be better?
DeleteCeleste and Ralph
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