Turf to Surf

We’ve enjoyed some extraordinary weather this week. Monday we head to Amsterdam, 6 locks.  First 2 go up 25 feet each;  we are at the highest point of the Erie Canal-420 feet.  The next 4 and those after…are going down…..all the way out to the Hudson River. We are on a free wall here and it is nice and peaceful….until the trains goes by and blasts his horn.😵‍💫 Tuesday we get an early start as we have 10 locks before we reach Waterford. 5 individual locks followed by a flight of 5 locks….makes for a long day. Like it here so much we stayed 5 nights with power and water for $10 per night, can’t beat it. We reprovision, do some housekeeping and relax waiting for a rain event to pass. We even had docktails one night with the other southbound boaters.  The grocery store allows you to take the cart back to the dock…grateful. Even had time to finish this paint by number project which now proudly hangs in the forward head.  Saturday was a rain day but since we had pow...

 After crossing our wake in Penetanguishene, we set off for 2 days/nights, to anchor south of Bone Island in Georgian Bay.  Busy spot as it was labour day weekend but still lots of swing space.  Beautiful spot. The weather was perfect, and the water warmer than you’d expect for September…..we lucked out ☺️ We returned to Krates Marina in Keswick and send Rick and Sue on their way.  Thanks for a great visit, the gift of a case of wine and the car loaner……come again, anytime 😊 Worked our way through the Trent-Severn Waterway, 44 locks and many nights on the lock walls. Frankie and Atlas came up for a visit in Lakefield.  We are delighted!  We also had the pleasure of Lori and Dan coming up for lunch and a stroll through Fenelon Falls and dinner with Ian and Kasey that same day. Even had time for this, very hard, puzzle.  We were traveling slowly to meet up with Brian and Eric from Atkins and Hoyle….we had them come on board at lock 9 to do some work on ...