More locks today (we’re not even half way done with locks on the Trent Severn) and more double sided, “rafting”, locking. We took 6 hours to go 17 nautical miles and get through 4 locks. We experienced new things today also, like we had to keep an eye on our depth, some spots were only 2 feet below the props and there were a few places where the channel had to be marked carefully because of rocks. But, we made it!


Lock walls are pretty slimy and the ones on the Trent Severn Waterway also have zebra muscles attached. It looks like someone slipped on the lock wall in the first picture. I hope they were wearing gloves. The last set of locks for the day were a flight of two locks in a row.

Check out the big fish!! Bill Dance has got nothing on Doug, ha ha. This stainless steel work of art is in the park behind the marina.

So this is an appetizer called poutine (poo-teen). I can’t believe I wanted to try anything that has the first syllable sounding like poo. However, it was delicious. There are different varieties, but they all have french fries as the base, some type of meat and/or veggies, cheese and gravy. Probably not the healthiest, but it was really good.

For dinner we both got sandwiches; mine is the “Messy Pig” and Doug got the Whiskey Mustard Peameal Sandwich. Both are delicious. We learn that peameal is a kind of pork (like bacon) that’s cured then rolled in cornmeal. Doug said that it tasted like Canadian bacon.
Another good day. Tomorrow we will get to Peterborough and stay there a couple of days. It will be good to rest a bit.
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