Tuesday, July 21
We spent the day resting, catching up on chores, this blog and sightseeing in Smiths Falls. Late morning we walked the half mile to the railroad museum. The museum consists of the large old
depot, with many nice displays, and a good deal of rolling stock. The rolling stock includes a steam locomotive, an early diesel locomotive many box cars plus three cars open for touring, two cabooses and a dental car.
In the 1940s the Canadian Government took several passenger cars and converted them to living quarters for a dentist, his nurse with a dental office. The cars would be moved from small town to town where there was no dentist. The program continues today, however in the 1970s they switched to using RVs.
The display of a dining car table reminded Diana of traveling from St Paul to North Dakota to
spend summers with her grandparents when she was young.
After dinner we walked to the other side of the channel where Cher was tied up. We first meet the couple on Cher the night we were at Big Chute on the Trent. They live in Florida but for three years have kept their boat up here and use it as a summer cabin. We had an interesting visit again with them.
Yesterday I mentioned a new lock that replaced a flight of three, walking across the channel tonight Diana took this picture of the old flight.
As we were going to walk back we had this beautiful sunset.
Life continues to be great.
We spent the day resting, catching up on chores, this blog and sightseeing in Smiths Falls. Late morning we walked the half mile to the railroad museum. The museum consists of the large old
depot, with many nice displays, and a good deal of rolling stock. The rolling stock includes a steam locomotive, an early diesel locomotive many box cars plus three cars open for touring, two cabooses and a dental car.
In the 1940s the Canadian Government took several passenger cars and converted them to living quarters for a dentist, his nurse with a dental office. The cars would be moved from small town to town where there was no dentist. The program continues today, however in the 1970s they switched to using RVs.
The display of a dining car table reminded Diana of traveling from St Paul to North Dakota to
spend summers with her grandparents when she was young.After dinner we walked to the other side of the channel where Cher was tied up. We first meet the couple on Cher the night we were at Big Chute on the Trent. They live in Florida but for three years have kept their boat up here and use it as a summer cabin. We had an interesting visit again with them.
Yesterday I mentioned a new lock that replaced a flight of three, walking across the channel tonight Diana took this picture of the old flight.
As we were going to walk back we had this beautiful sunset.
Life continues to be great.
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