Friday, July 31
We started out with a lovely morning; notice the reflection in the water. We
are back in the river stretch with a few cottages and lots of natural area between towns.
Our destination today is back to Merrickville, not a long distance, but three locks first. Loren has got the routine down for handling the line, this
saves me having to dash down to get the stern line at each lock.
The three locks were all close, here we can see the second while getting ready to leave the first. Soon we are in Merrickville; the first stop is at a small marina below the locks, for a pump-out and to fill the water tank. Then we go over to the blue line, they are just finishing working boats up through the three locks and will start boats down shortly. We send Jan and Loren off sightseeing while Diana and I relax for the hour plus before it will be our turn in the lock.
We locked up and go around to the pond where we find dockage for the evening. After about five hours of exploring Jan and Loren return and we all relax a while before we walk back for dinner.
Last week I had seen a court yard behind the Inn and thought it look great, Jan and Loren had seen the same so there was no question where we
would eat. The setting was lovely and the food was excellent.
Afterwards Diana got some pictures she had missed the first time we were here; including the
street signs that give directions to all the attractions in town, an interest old church and a 
historic old house.
When the canal was build in 1826-32 Scottish stone masons were brought in to do the stone work. They were given land around Merrickville; this explains all the old stone buildings in the area.
We started out with a lovely morning; notice the reflection in the water. We
are back in the river stretch with a few cottages and lots of natural area between towns.Our destination today is back to Merrickville, not a long distance, but three locks first. Loren has got the routine down for handling the line, this
saves me having to dash down to get the stern line at each lock.The three locks were all close, here we can see the second while getting ready to leave the first. Soon we are in Merrickville; the first stop is at a small marina below the locks, for a pump-out and to fill the water tank. Then we go over to the blue line, they are just finishing working boats up through the three locks and will start boats down shortly. We send Jan and Loren off sightseeing while Diana and I relax for the hour plus before it will be our turn in the lock.
We locked up and go around to the pond where we find dockage for the evening. After about five hours of exploring Jan and Loren return and we all relax a while before we walk back for dinner.
Last week I had seen a court yard behind the Inn and thought it look great, Jan and Loren had seen the same so there was no question where we
would eat. The setting was lovely and the food was excellent.Afterwards Diana got some pictures she had missed the first time we were here; including the
street signs that give directions to all the attractions in town, an interest old church and a 
historic old house.When the canal was build in 1826-32 Scottish stone masons were brought in to do the stone work. They were given land around Merrickville; this explains all the old stone buildings in the area.
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