TUESDAY JUNE 7TH 2011

Yesterday when we checked in to stay along the canal wall the gal in the office told us what was around in Campbellford. Ross didn’t seem to interested until she pointed to a large photo of baked goods at the local bakery. He set the alarm for us to get up early enough to check this place out and still leave as planned.

It was a short walk over a bridge to the opposite side of the town. As we crossed we could see the ODDYSEA floating peacefully next to the world’s largest two dollar coin.









We were not disappointed in the bakery.

And went a bit crazy. We ended up with a bag of goodies plus a container to hold the tarts. Mmmmm.

It was another nice day weather wise and a short travel day. Only 20 miles and 6 locks from Campbellford to Hastings, where we'll spend the night.

The red V symbols on the map represent locks. Notice at the Chutes at Healy Falls there are 3 red V’s. This is called a flight of locks. The 3 locks raised us a total of 76 feet.

You can see in this photo the water line mark on the tall blue gate in the front of this lock. We go in and are lifted to that mark. Those gates then open and we go in to the next chamber and are lifted again.

Ross figured as of today we have been lifted 365 feet since leaving Trenton.








The scenery today looks very much like Northern Minnesota with pine trees and cabins. Although they are referred to as cottages here and the owners as cottagers. There are not many folks around yet as school doesn’t let out here till late June.

The lock tenders usually know we are coming ahead of time as they call ahead to the next lock. Once in a while they forget. Since they don’t carry vhf radios you can’t radio them that you want to lock through, so you tie up next to the blue line (which you can see in the lower left of the picture) and then toot your horn 3 times. They generally come running. If not, you get off the boat and walk up to the office and ask. Whichever side of the canal wall the blue line is painted on tells you which side of your boat to prepare with fenders and lines to lock through. The tenders are very friendly and always come and visit with you.
  

 We arrived in Hastings in the early afternoon so had plenty of time to wander around the town. We even had time to walk up to the grocery store and buy some Fiddleheads!!! They sell for $4.99 a pound. We picked out what we thought would be enough for the two of us and the total came to 99 cents. Cheap enough if they turned out to taste terrible. No idea how to prepare them, but we figure you can’t go wrong sautéing anything in a little butter and adding salt and pepper. They tasted like mild asparagus. And yes we would definitely eat them again!!


Tonight’s entertainment was rigging the fish poles. We gave them a test run but it wasn’t the best spot to be fishing. It was very convenient though.