After we cleared the flight lock, we stopped for lunch and a walk to Healey Falls. It has been very dry here, so there isn’t that much water going over the falls, but it was still enough to make it worth the walk. A few miles later and we locked through our last lock of the day and made our way to Hastings Village Marina. Since we have internet access here, we caught up on our e-mail and our blog reading (we follow a number of blogs written by Loopers we have traveled with). We also spent time looking over tomorrow’s route and doing planning for the next few days.
Miles: 17.5 Bridges: 3 Locks: 6
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| Lock #13 being emptied |
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| a close up of the turbulence as Lock #13 is emptied |
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| next to lock #14 - in the top section the water is actually leaking out from between the beams that are holding the water back |
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| at Lock #14 this small boat is planted with beautiful flowers |
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| looking back as the lock gates are closed on Lock #16 - this is the lower lock in the two lock flight |
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| inside Lock #16 looking at the very large lock gates that lead to Lock #17 |
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| at the top of Lock #16, getting ready to head into Lock #17 - the three pontoon boats were locking down while we were locking up - we passed eachother here as they moved into Lock #16 and we moved into Lock #17 |
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| Healey Falls |
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| Healey Falls |
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| traveling along the Trent River towards Hastings |
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| the Trent River - although this picture doesn't show any cottages, they are all along this stretch of the river |
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| a very large osprey nest at the top of a power pole - at least three osprey are visible |
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