Monday, August 3 
It looked like another beautiful day as we set out this morning. We retraced our route from
Westport across Upper Rideau Lake to the main route and headed to Newboro Lock. This was Jan and Loren first down lock; we were leaving the highest part of the system to start done to Kingston.
We continue to see beautiful scenery. It is pleasant cruising until we approach Chaffey’s Lock
in a narrow channel. It is a holiday in Canada and the end of the two week vacation period, the waterway is very busy. As we approach Chaffey’s the docks are all full and there are two boats
idling in the channel in front of us waiting for boats to come out of the lock going the other way. We have stop and hold position in a relatively small area. Finally the traffic clears going the other direction and we squeeze into the lock as the last of six boats. 
We continue through several small lakes and their connecting channels until we approach Jones Falls. This is a detached lock plus a flight of three, our plan is to spend the night above the lock t
o allow Jan and Loren time to see the area. The small gray line above the lock is full but there are two finger docks about a quarter mile back above the Jones Falls dam. We tie to one about 1:00.
We have a leisurely lunch, then go exploring. Unfortunately for Jan and Loren because of the holiday both the lock master museum and the blacksmith shop are closed. It is still a beautiful area and it is fun to watch the other boats locking through. The traffic is very heavy and they are putting six and seven boats into the lock at a time, this makes the process of moving from one
chamber to the next very slow. It takes an hour and a half or more to complete a sequence of four chambers.
We relax and then enjoy a picnic supper on the picnic table ashore from the boat.
Diana took this picture of our deck hands in their normal alert position guarding the boat.
Life continues to be great.
It looked like another beautiful day as we set out this morning. We retraced our route from
Westport across Upper Rideau Lake to the main route and headed to Newboro Lock. This was Jan and Loren first down lock; we were leaving the highest part of the system to start done to Kingston.
We continue to see beautiful scenery. It is pleasant cruising until we approach Chaffey’s Lock
in a narrow channel. It is a holiday in Canada and the end of the two week vacation period, the waterway is very busy. As we approach Chaffey’s the docks are all full and there are two boats
idling in the channel in front of us waiting for boats to come out of the lock going the other way. We have stop and hold position in a relatively small area. Finally the traffic clears going the other direction and we squeeze into the lock as the last of six boats. 
We continue through several small lakes and their connecting channels until we approach Jones Falls. This is a detached lock plus a flight of three, our plan is to spend the night above the lock t
o allow Jan and Loren time to see the area. The small gray line above the lock is full but there are two finger docks about a quarter mile back above the Jones Falls dam. We tie to one about 1:00.
We have a leisurely lunch, then go exploring. Unfortunately for Jan and Loren because of the holiday both the lock master museum and the blacksmith shop are closed. It is still a beautiful area and it is fun to watch the other boats locking through. The traffic is very heavy and they are putting six and seven boats into the lock at a time, this makes the process of moving from one
chamber to the next very slow. It takes an hour and a half or more to complete a sequence of four chambers.We relax and then enjoy a picnic supper on the picnic table ashore from the boat.
Diana took this picture of our deck hands in their normal alert position guarding the boat.
Life continues to be great.
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