Sun, July 23 Hurst Marina to Lock 20 Blue line

Sun, July 23  Hurst Marina to Lock 20 blue line  

Since we are in a marina, with power and water, the first task of the day is to wash the boat.  We have gone thru locks, anchored out, tied to walls and attracted bugs at night, so it is time to give the boat some TLC.  We spent the next 2 hours scrubbing the outside of our floating home.  After washing and spraying the decks, gunnels, back deck and ceiling we are satisfied, knowing she looks good but will need this treatment again very soon.  Under cloudy skies, we head out to our first lock of the day.  We try to moor to lock docks for the night but have found that they fill up quickly and early.  The last 2 days we started late so we were out of luck.  We will have to adjust our schedule.  As we completed our 4th lock late in the afternoon, we found a lock dock that would accommodate the 2 of us.  This dock is empty because it does not have power available and is in a remote, wooded area.  That’s OK for us - we tie up and settle in for the night.  We are alongside a waterfall so the sound of running water is constant.  And the rain starts falling during the night.

We passed under this bridge that had all these padlocks on
it. It was just like a bridge we saw in Paris, France. It signifies undying
love.

One of the cranks on a manually opened bridge we had to pass thru

Some scenes of the canal out of the city. Reminded us of the
Dismal Swamp

This a young lock tender manually opening a bridge for us
using the crank from the above picture

End of a long day and we didn't know it at the time but our home
for the next 5 days

Tied to the lock wall at Clowes Lock # 20

Colletta practicing her lock cranking form so she can help out if needed.
All the locks on the Rideau (with exception of 2 locks) were built in
the early 1800's and are hand operated.

This is out of order in time sequence. This is us exiting Ottawa

When you lock thru sometimes the road goes right over the lock