12:30pm coming to the start of the Beauharnois Canal.
1:30pm we are through the valleyfield bridge and the st-louis bridge. They are lift bridges and we are getting a good laugh as the large powerboats are racing past us and hours later when we arrive at the locks or the bridges they are still waiting. We are the only ones using the call in points listed on the charts and the bridge and lift operators are waiting for us. Seems we have priority today since there doesn’t seem to be many cargo ships.
-weather today is much nicer. sun is up, slight cool breeze and the water is calm.-
2:15pm we have arrived at the first of the beauharnois locks. Much nicer experience than the american locks of yesturday. They have a really nice floating dock with lots of room for boats. We are tied up here with a family from montreal, there is an automatic ticket dispenser and we only need to buy once for both locks. There is a message board and it says that the locks are delayed and we will be ready at 2:30.
3:45pm we are tied up in the lock with a 40min wait – minimum. The two performance boats that we locked through with yesurday have caught up to us. The family from montreal are ruturning from a weekend down in valleyfield. The drinks started to flow as soon as we found out the wait time – including the deck hands who asked for a couple drinks. A new experience is waiting for us when we finally drop, there is a large ship waiting just outside the doors between us and the next lock.
5:45pm cleared the last lock of the day. We will be in Kirkland shortly and Ray’s brothers place. The family next to us where Benoit, Isabelle, and their son Jeremy Charron. Their boat was Jeremy’s 2.
We have turned off the beaten path and are headed towards a marina in beaconsfield. Hopefully they take boats our size or we could be heading on later into the night.
Hey, sounds like things are going well now? Any broken bones?
How did you make out with the computer repair?
Mary Lynn is making that strawberry jam you like…I am not helping.
Have fun.
Moonshadow OUT
Dennis, you are doing a fine job. Raymond is a good cribbage player…he should take you both on..it sounds like all 3 of you will have to dry out after this trip…..and I don’t mean your clothes…ha ha
once again,thanks dennis for the updates…captain,it appears that you have done a masterful job so far!I know your crew has been invaluable and I want to thank ray and dennis for sharing this journey with you..if you are reading this today,could you call me this evening.I have some mail that I need to talk to you about.love,me
hello Ricky Boy
glad all is going well…loving the blogs…wish we were crew…keep her tuned…see you in Aug. miss you lots
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