Year 2 Day 101

Today is Friday, July 6th and we're currently stopped along the free wall in Hastings, Ontario.  We spent two days at Fraser Park Marina in order to rest after the long crossing of  Lake Ontario.  We rode our bikes about 1 1/2 miles to Lock #1 to buy our one way pass through the Trent Severn Canal and a seasonal mooring permit in order to use the dock walls.  While in Trenton we ate at Tomassos Restaurant and we each thought the Italian food was the best we'd ever eaten.

Heading into the Trent Severn Canal

We left about 8:30 AM yesterday following a 52' Cruisers yacht and were with them the entire day until we arrived in Campbellford where we tied up at Old Mill Park.  We went through 13 locks together and I was exhausted by the time we stopped for the day.  Mike and I agreed that it was much too long a day so today we decided to take it a little easier.  We left about 9:15 AM, went through 6 locks and arrived here in Hastings about 2:00.

Dockmaster Craig at Fraser Park Marina

In Canada locks are opened by hand turning

Pedestrian walkway across canal

$2 coin statue in Old Mill Park

Canadians refer to it as a toonie

Lock #14 - First lock we went through today

A seaplane beside the river

Typical scene beside river

Canadians enjoying the summer

Tomorrow morning there's a farmers market next to the lock so we'll probably check that out before leaving.