BLUE HOLE to CAMPBELLFORD / Friday, June 24 to Sunday June 26 (Days 155-157)

Admiral's Log:     9:15 am, Fri. 6/24/16
                         Air Temp:   70     Water Temp:   71
                        Winds:   calm
                        Speed:   7.7 knots

Mike and Dave wanted to get in a little fishing before we headed to the next set of locks. They lost a couple but that's about it. 

We got through Lock 10 and had to tie up and wait on the combination locks 11 and 12. They were having some sort of hydraulic problems. So we had a little snack with Phase II. Can't get upset, that's part of the journey.

This lock looks like a waterfall. Mike is looking up 24 feet in Lock 11.

This is a double lock (11 & 12) you can see the boat at the top being lowered 48 ft!

The dock master let us get off our boats to take photos after we rose 48 feet!

We have to wear life vests (PFD's),for safety and the gloves are to hold the lines, they can get pretty slimy and hurt your hands when you are trying to stay in position.

After it was all said and done; it took 5 hours to do 10 miles, so we were pretty exhausted once we tied up in Campbellford at 2. We managed to walk to town and find the famous "butter tarts" we'd heard so much about. They are basically mini pecan pies, but the crust is very light and buttery. They do come in several flavors.

After we got back Mike took a little nap while I did some prepping for dinner. 

We had a pretty good sized Docktails with some new Loopers and non-Loopers. Even a couple of Canadians who gave us some tips on where to go in the Georgian Bay and North Channel. 

We are docked right along the wall in the middle of town. We can walk to pretty much anything we need. It's a nice park along the water and we are constantly asked questions from locals how we got here. Some are amazed we came all the way from Florida.

We fixed Thai Ginger Shrimp and rice for dinner.

Saturday, the four of us went to breakfast and a farmer's market. We bought some cilantro, fresh beets and strawberries that could rival Plant City!  Next, Mike decided we needed to wash the boat, ug, my least favorite thing to do. 

The guys pulling Phase II closer after another boater left. We said they looked like they were mules on the Erie Canal.

Then the four of us rode our bikes to a cheese factory. But all we saw was a cheese store. Which of course we had to buy some.They also had ice cream, which Lori and decided was our treat for making it this far. The ride was quite challenging, showed how out of shape I am! It was almost 4 miles each way and several up hills. I'm paying for it today, for sure. But we did have fun. 

We rested when we got back to the boat, showered and the 4 of us walked to Casper's for a pretty decent dinner and needless to say went to bed pretty early. Since we are so far north it stays pretty light late, until nearly 9:30 and the sun is up again at 5 am!

Sunday, we pretty much did not do anything. I caught up on the Blog since we had pretty decent internet. We did go to lunch at a Pub that served local beer and hit the grocery.  Then to our surprise our boating buddies Mel and Ann Cosgrove from Morningstar II showed up!  That Mel is a character. We knew he was trying to catch up to us, but had no idea it would be this soon. But are glad they did, he and Ann are the sweetest people.

We had a cook out, and ate at the picnic tables by our boats. We shared our different adventures since we'd last seen each other, and discussed the next few days plans. Now if we could only get Sweet T and Lone Star to catch up, we'd have the gang all here.

Horizon Chaser, Morningstar (with Ed & Helen), Cutty's Ark