Short day today, Sunday innit. Made it to the end of the Champlain Canal (lock 12).
Just below us here is the start of the lake, it starts off as a narrow winding cut through high hills but opens out into a decent lake, about two hundred miles long North to South and twenty miles wide. We need to get to the Northern end at the Quebec Border. Rouses Point, might take us several days to get up there.
Memories of my time in Canada even down here, I did sail Lake Champlain a bit but it was an awful long time ago, probably all changed.
Also a triangle of towns on the lake, Plattsburg, North Pole, Burlington one of the few US TV stations we could get in Ottawa pre-internet days “WPTZ – Burlington, North Pole Plattsburg” Hard to believe we lived hundreds of mile North of the town of North Pole.
Anyhow we had a few of the lowest bridges today, we need sixteen feet with the top up and about 13 with it down.
“Chart says sixteen feet” “OK”
“Chart says what? That’s never sixteen feet” “Chart says Sixteen feet”.
“Sure you have the right chart?”
“Yes! and the right frigging bridge. Chart says Sixteen feet!!
“Never, it does look a bit higher over to the right, I’ll squeeze over there”
“Chart says three feet depth on right”
“OK.Thanks”
Lots of room , six inches to spare at least
As a convenience most locks have a traffic light on each end, red means wait and green means come on in. This one’s red, not real obvious is it?
In to Whitehall moored on the town dock, free water and electricity. One more lock (lock 12) to go.
Looks like a lock and two or maybe three bridges (one twelve feet clearance) downstream, time for a quick shufti. That’s me on the bridge with the yellow shirt Mrs. Osborne (yes I know it could be anyone) but it is me doing my recon. for the morning.
Just got back in time for the weather radio to erupt “Flash flood warning for Whitehall until 11 pm”. Rain and Thunder just starting.
Lake Champlain tomorrow, maybe.
Boadicea's Chariot 
Oh my, those bridges look quite nerve racking. And the water is rising?
I’ll give you full marks for the endurance test! (Only kidding!)
Hello Mrs. O. It may rain but the water cannot rise, the canal is controlled by the dams on the river, spillways just shed any excess water into the river side.
Ha. The traffis light makes sense but I’d have thought that it was a bit like entering a lift, everybody out first then pile in 😉