Jack Tar Adventures

Link to today’s route: https://share.nebo.global/voyage/6ec63bb8-a412-4256-b233-b4fcd3303d61

We only had to go through one lock today, but oh, what a lock it was. As we approached, we couldn’t see the lock gate because it was around a sharp right turn, and we had to get right up close to see that it was closed. As we rounded the bend, at least 20 people were fishing, throwing their lines toward the boat. One lady got her fishing line caught on our boat and lost her bobber underneath. I was worried about her line getting caught in our prop, but Peter assured me that wasn’t a problem. However, there was a problem that the dam was immediately perpendicular to the lock rather than parallel, as it usually is, making the water especially swirly, so we couldn’t maneuver onto the blue line to wait. Instead, Peter turned us around, and we drifted up and down the channel. Fortunately, we were able to call the lock, and they gave us an estimated wait time of 12 minutes. Approaching the swirling water again was unnerving, but Peter got us in the lock easily the second time.

I have decided that there must be an Ontario provincial ordinance requiring that Adirondack chairs be Canadian maple leaf red.

I have more…

Canada Day is coming up soon, and with school out, we are seeing many more vacationers, and boating traffic is picking up. But once we crossed Rice Lake and then turned onto the Otonabee River, we could have been the only people in Ontario.