Saturday, July 11
It has been a busy and productive day. The weather forecast was for 100 of rain and some thunder storms, not what we would like. After breakfast it didn’t look like any rain soon so we moved straight across the river from the lock wall to Hastings Village Marina. They have pump out facilities and we also filled the water tank.
Then it was back across the river to the Hastings lock which is right behind the low swing bridge. We tied to the blue line for a moment while an up bound sailboat exited the lock. The local blue heron stays close to the lock, knowing where the good fishing is.
We then had about fourteen miles of open river to the next locks at Healey Falls. Much of it was low, marshy shore line that looks like great wildlife habitat. We continue to see lots of gulls, turns, herons and osprey.
There were some sections that have some development along the shore. This is an island just of the river bank with a short bridge and about a dozen properties. The picture is of the first one that appears as if it could be a B&B, someone does a lot of landscaping.
About half an hour before Healey Falls we had a flash of cloud to cloud lighting and a big rumble
of thunder and it began to rain moderately but no more lighting. We pulled into the approach wall and tied of. It was after noon so we had lunch while we waited to see what the weather would do. By the time we were done with lunch it had quit raining and look like it would clear. We walked around to the other side of approach channel and out to the dam where we could se
e Healey Falls. Today they had only one of ten gates in the dam open; it would be impressive to see more of them open when the water is higher.
The water flow today was higher than it might be; there is a twelve mega watt hydro-electric
generating station next to the lock. It is currently shut down for expansion and no water is flowing thru it. In fact they have a large portable diesel generate on site to power the construction.
The picture looking done at channel at the lock shows Memories on the other side. We are near the dam and had to walk all the way to the lock to cross the channel then back the other side.
We then went ahead and locked through the flight lock, this is a double chamber that drops a told of 54 feet. The first chamber drops half way then you go through a gate into the second chamber that drops the second half. The picture is as we left the lower chamber looking back thru the open lower gate at the middle gate between chambers.
From there it was less than a half mile to the third Healey Falls lock. Then about two miles to Crowe Bay lock and two more to Campbellford lock. The picture is locking back at Crowe Bay as we exit. In my mind it is typical of the Trent –Severn Locks.
After that it was a short distance into Campbellford. There is an Esso station just before the bridge, they service automotive traffic in front and have pumps in back for boats. We pulled up to the wall with some help from Donna, the attendant, and bought 656 liters of diesel fuel. See separate fuel log entry.
From there it was under the bridge and into the Old Mill Park. This is a city park with a long wall for boaters. They provide free tie up during the day, and for a fee overnight transient docking. They have electric and showers for overnight.
After all the maneuvering today, most in 15 to 20 mph gusty winds, the thrusters have
definitely paid for themselves.
Diana got pictures looking across the river at some of Campbellford including an interesting tower on an old building. In the park next to us is
a band shell where they have concert all summer (not tonight) and a monument of the “Toonie”. Canada has long had a one dollar coin with a loon on it, so it was the “Lonnie”. In the nineties they came out with a new two dollar coin 
and it naturally became the “Toonie”. The coin featuring a polar bear was designed by a wildlife
artist from Campbellford, so the town erected a giant replica.
When we got tied up the sun was shining and the wind was blowing, an hour later the wind was down and there were dark clouds to the west. We heard distant rumblings of thunder but only get a light sprinkle locally. That cell moved on by to the north and a couple hours later another goes by south of us.
We have left over pizza for dinner, a shower, and then we crash. We are both very tired after a long day.
It has been a busy and productive day. The weather forecast was for 100 of rain and some thunder storms, not what we would like. After breakfast it didn’t look like any rain soon so we moved straight across the river from the lock wall to Hastings Village Marina. They have pump out facilities and we also filled the water tank.
Then it was back across the river to the Hastings lock which is right behind the low swing bridge. We tied to the blue line for a moment while an up bound sailboat exited the lock. The local blue heron stays close to the lock, knowing where the good fishing is.
We then had about fourteen miles of open river to the next locks at Healey Falls. Much of it was low, marshy shore line that looks like great wildlife habitat. We continue to see lots of gulls, turns, herons and osprey.
There were some sections that have some development along the shore. This is an island just of the river bank with a short bridge and about a dozen properties. The picture is of the first one that appears as if it could be a B&B, someone does a lot of landscaping.
About half an hour before Healey Falls we had a flash of cloud to cloud lighting and a big rumble
of thunder and it began to rain moderately but no more lighting. We pulled into the approach wall and tied of. It was after noon so we had lunch while we waited to see what the weather would do. By the time we were done with lunch it had quit raining and look like it would clear. We walked around to the other side of approach channel and out to the dam where we could se
e Healey Falls. Today they had only one of ten gates in the dam open; it would be impressive to see more of them open when the water is higher.The water flow today was higher than it might be; there is a twelve mega watt hydro-electric
generating station next to the lock. It is currently shut down for expansion and no water is flowing thru it. In fact they have a large portable diesel generate on site to power the construction.The picture looking done at channel at the lock shows Memories on the other side. We are near the dam and had to walk all the way to the lock to cross the channel then back the other side.
We then went ahead and locked through the flight lock, this is a double chamber that drops a told of 54 feet. The first chamber drops half way then you go through a gate into the second chamber that drops the second half. The picture is as we left the lower chamber looking back thru the open lower gate at the middle gate between chambers.
From there it was less than a half mile to the third Healey Falls lock. Then about two miles to Crowe Bay lock and two more to Campbellford lock. The picture is locking back at Crowe Bay as we exit. In my mind it is typical of the Trent –Severn Locks.
After that it was a short distance into Campbellford. There is an Esso station just before the bridge, they service automotive traffic in front and have pumps in back for boats. We pulled up to the wall with some help from Donna, the attendant, and bought 656 liters of diesel fuel. See separate fuel log entry.
From there it was under the bridge and into the Old Mill Park. This is a city park with a long wall for boaters. They provide free tie up during the day, and for a fee overnight transient docking. They have electric and showers for overnight.
After all the maneuvering today, most in 15 to 20 mph gusty winds, the thrusters have
definitely paid for themselves.Diana got pictures looking across the river at some of Campbellford including an interesting tower on an old building. In the park next to us is
a band shell where they have concert all summer (not tonight) and a monument of the “Toonie”. Canada has long had a one dollar coin with a loon on it, so it was the “Lonnie”. In the nineties they came out with a new two dollar coin 
and it naturally became the “Toonie”. The coin featuring a polar bear was designed by a wildlife
artist from Campbellford, so the town erected a giant replica.When we got tied up the sun was shining and the wind was blowing, an hour later the wind was down and there were dark clouds to the west. We heard distant rumblings of thunder but only get a light sprinkle locally. That cell moved on by to the north and a couple hours later another goes by south of us.
We have left over pizza for dinner, a shower, and then we crash. We are both very tired after a long day.
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