Rain stopped play today, a good internet connection and lots of time, but not a lot of action.
During yesterday evening “Frances” arrived, a big old tug out of Troy, she rumbled in quietly and moored across the canal at the big boys wharf. I think the crew went to Sammy’s Sports Bar up the street for dinner and a few brews.
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Left the village dock at 7:45 am as the weather forecast called for increasing winds in the afternoon, and it’s 55 miles of open water across Lake Ontario to Oswego.
It’s a big lake (a great lake if you prefer) about 160 miles East to West and 60 miles N-S.
Quiet this morning when we left our wall, about 8 am
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Off our friendly wall at 8:45 am, one of the few advantages of a big boat, one gets to go first.
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Really packed us in this morning much too-ing and fro-ing before we were rightly wedged.
This is in the lock and due to the fall we lose about 2 feet in width at the bottom, I did wonder if we would be able to get ourselves out.
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Left our wall after the crowd departed, a little rain yesterday but a good sunset.
Our fourth of fifth day without cellphone or internet access, blissfully quiet.
Our last up lock we are now at the high point of the Rideau, now all the navigation marks reverse Green marks now are to be left to ones right (OK?)
Here’s one that some wag has helpfully augmented, “The channel goes down there?”
As promised we were first lock this morning at 9:00 am
A half mile later we had to wait for a lift bridge and lock (Smiths Falls detached) the hold up was a northbound cruise ship (if it could be so called) a barge with a fold up bow (blue part) in order to fit the locks – the tour is Kingston –Ottawa in three days.
Left our spot at 8:30, others needed the space for locking down.
Out past some pleasant countryside, a few miles later, past a property I owned when in Canada, a piece of waterfront on the Rideau, now someone is building a sizable house by the look of the basement stucture.
Off our wall at 10:30 am, allowed time for the lock to clear. Spotted this unusual sight yesterday, couple of folk practicing their polo shots in rural Ontario,
Moved a big 6 miles today but had to run 7 locks and 3 bridges.
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Made first lock through the three lock lift at Long Island at 9:00 am, no pics. Too busy.
Then through rural Ontario, mostly conventional
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