MONDAY JUNE 13TH, 2011

    
On the move again. Today’s journey took us from Bobcaygeon to Kirkfield.

If you look at the map you will see that today we passed through the lock at Rosedale. It was a lift of only about 4 feet, but this put us at 840 feet about sea level. From now on when you follow us on the map you’ll notice the V indicating the lock is going in the opposite direction. From here on we get lowered in the locks. Remember that you can click on any of the pictures to make them larger.

After spouting off the other day about the Canadians and how they don’t fly the flags of other countries, well folks I now have to eat my words.  But eat them I will, and enjoy every bite!



The trip today was 38 miles. Much of it was very stressful boating through canals so narrow that often the evergreen branches brushed the sides of the boat.











There are rock walls on either side and we were on pins and needles most of the day expecting to hear the props hit something.

















With the canal being so narrow, the last you want to do is meet a boat. Muchless two. Ross just held the boat in a spot where it was just little less narrow than the rest of the canal. We held our breath and let them pass.
















After slowly traveling the canal you come upon the Kirkfield lock. It seemed like a big giant standing there after being in the narrow shady canal.

It is like the lift lock at Peterborough, only this time we will be going down. So we drove into the upper pan. Creep factor was off the charts!!! If you look directly ahead of the bike handles in the photo you will see the canal where we are headed. Way down below! (you may have to click on this photo too in order for it to be large enough to see what I am referring to)There were no malfunctions with the lock on the way down so we made it safely. Believe me, our imaginations where running wild with “what if’s”.

We left the giant behind and continued back on a narrow canal. We figure they must have built the lock first and then only had enough money left to dig a very narrow canal.

Once through the canals we had to wind our way through a shallow extremely weedy lake. The props would have so much weed wrapped around them we would barely be chugging along. Ross would run them in reverse to throw it off and we’d be moving again.

And then there was Hole in the Wall bridge!!!!
 
We read that it is very shallow in this area. So shallow that we pumped the holding tanks, ran our water supply down and haven’t taken on fuel so we sit higher in the water.

The depth only got down to 1.8 feet so we had plenty of room! As long as you don’t hit the bottom, there’s plenty of room.



We were glad to arrive at our destination and relax.