Lock #12 Ranney Falls, Ontario to Hastings Village Marina, Ontario

Date            Sunday July 24, 2011
Day             26
Depart         Lock #12 Ranney Falls, Ontario 8:20 am
Arrive          Hastings Village Marina, Ontario  1:15 pm      
Distance         19
Cumulative   659 Miles

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Finally the morning is cool!  Sleeping last night was difficult due to the heat and no electricity, which means no AC on the boat!  Today we traveled through another 6 locks, we are really getting good at this locking thing.  Today's journey took us through a lake, Seymore Lake.  The channel curved left and right through the lake.  There were many cottages along the sides of the lake with people enjoying the day on their beaches and jet skiis.  At times, we felt very large and out of place on this lake!  Some of the channel markers were very interesting...

They were a cement platform with either a black square (for green) or a red triangle (for red).

The Canadian coins are interesting and somewhat difficult to get used to.  There is a Loonie ($1.00 coin) which is gold colored and larger than a quarter and a Toonie ( $2.00 coin) which is silver with a gold colored center and just a bit larger than the Loonie.  You can have a pocketful of coins and have $20.00 in your pocket!  Above is a monument of the Toonie that is located in a park in Campbellford.

Bob manning the lock lines at the stern of the boat

Inside and at the bottom of the start of the flight lock

Leaving the first and entering the second lock in the flight

Seymore Lake

Cottages on Seymore Lake

The dam at Hastings Lock, Erika Lin is at the end of the dock

Depending on the weather tomorrow, we may stay here another day as rain is forecasted.  If the weather is good, we will head out to our first lift lock, the Peterborough Lift!