22 July,2010
We are in Buckhorn, tied up in Buckhorn Yacht Marina, a very nice facility about a mile beyond the top of Buckhorn Lock. Left Peterborough about 8:45 this morning, went through one regular lock, then the big lift lock. Absolutely amazing to sit your boat in a tub of water and have it rise 65 feet, with a counterbalancing tub going down at the same time. Took pictures, but I could not capture what we were actually experiencing. We started at Lock #20, Ashburnam this morning, then the lift lock, and since then went through 8 more locks, so a total of 10 today. Beautiful warm sunny day, very little breeze, so we travelled further than originally planned. Forecast for tomorrow is rain and wind, so we may stay put.
Along the way today, scenery is changing, more rocks, small rocky islands, still many beautiful cottages, some almost covering the island they sit on. Even a glass house.
A sharp-eyed reader reminds me that we have not updated our personal information since last winter. Since then, we have another grandchild, and we have both retired, so will make sure our information reflects that. Thanks Joy.
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The Great Loop
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Wayne and Ruth
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- Wayne and Ruth
- We are both retired. Ruth is a Registered nurse, taught nursing at the local Community college; Wayne is retired from farming, sold farm products. We are the proud parents of 3 children and 5 grandchildren. We are setting up this blog to record our adventure as we plan for and travel the great loop. We started our adventure by finding "just the right boat" in Georgian Bay, Kilbear marina, in May of 2008. She is a 36' Senator aft cabin motor yacht, with twin diesel engines. Our big adventure that summer was bringing the boat home through the Trent-Severn waterway to Crysler Park marina on the St. Lawrence River. Then in July of 2009, we left to do the triangle, down the St. Lawrence to Montreal, up the Ottawa River, and down the Rideau Canal to Kingston, and back down the St. Lawrence to Crysler Park. Good way to get to know our boat better. We are spending the fall and winter of 09-10 preparing both ourselves and the boat for our trip. We left in July of 2010, heading up the St. Lawrence to Trenton, then back up the Trent-Severn system to Georgian Bay and beyond, completing the loop in the summer of 2011.
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