Category: Nature

Found a good spot on the mooring wall as people moved on this morning, plan to stay one or more days here and touch base with old friends, also need a run ashore for provisions.  We have electrical supplied here but no water.

Continue reading “At Ottawa – July 17”

Crossed the Ottawa River and rounded Rockcliffe Park  (Embassy Row for Ottawa)

I think this is the US Embassy, actually it’s the US Ambassadors residence a local tells me)

 

Continue reading “Gatineau Marina to the Laurier Avenue Bridge – July 16”

We had one of those sunsets last night that was worth recording.  The water was mirror smooth and the sun went down in line with our little creek.

Continue reading “South Nation River to Gatineau Marina (Ottawa) – July 15, 2013”

Made the second locking out of St. Anne on a very busy weekend traffic day.

Then out into the expanse of the lake, heading West, nothing much up front

Continue reading “St. Anne de Bellevue to Carrilon – Saturday July 13”

Out of our lagoon at 8:00 am to make our next lock at St Catherine’s, 9 miles later we are held there for commercial traffic, one coming up

Continue reading “St. Lambert to St. Anne de Bellevue – July 12, 2013”

Made an early start to try to get locked through at least one of the big locks on the ship canal.  Painfully slow progress south towards Montreal, revolutions for 8 knots but only making 4 over the ground (that’s why people do not do this trip in this direction) the river currents are against us all the way from here to Ottawa.

 Another of the biggies, they look pretty inconspicuous at first…

Continue reading “Contrecour to St. Lambert (Montreal) – July 11, 2013”