Sunday, July 16 - Lift Lock #2

Sunday, July 16 - Lift Lock #2

We left Balsam Lake and entered another part of the Trent Canal.  The Trent Canal is a land cut through the Canadian Shield, a geological feature that covers half of the country.  The water was very clear so you could see the rocks along the edges, and there were piles of rocks where the canal had been dug and the rocks piled aside.

Our adventure of the day was the Kirkfield Lift Lock, the second highest lift lock in North America. 

Canal Lake highlights included a perfect half-circle bridge and a golf tournament. 

Talbots's River was next.  Love the noodles on the dock for fenders and the family swimming with their dog. 

Back on the Trent Canal we saw either an experimental garden or a very large garden planted by a wonderful gardener!   And a great barn.

We stopped for the night at Lock 40 in Brock, ON.  It was very peaceful, and our friends Sonny and Phyllis on Corkscrew (fromNashville) were in front of us.

Late that evening, our carbon monoxide alarm went off, and off, and off.  Danny figured out that our exhaust going directly into the lock wall and Sonny’s exhaust in front of us must have set it off.  We slept outside, Danny on the narrow front bench and me on the back with body on a soft chair, head on a hard chair with a pillow, and feet on an ice chest.  The boater’s life for us!