Monday, August 10
The plan for today was to go from Hastings to Peterborough. We are in a stretch of the system with few locks. From Hastings we take the Trent River into Rice Lake, across most of the lake t
o the Otanobee River, then up to Peterborough. The only lock is less than a mile from the end of the 40 mile run. 
It is a gray overcast morning, but there is no rain and the temperature is near 70. Most important the wind is light and for the 15 miles of open water on Rice Lake it is nearly calm. I
t was a pleasant, relaxed day of cruising.
It was also a day for bird photos. Diana took pictures of osprey in flight, a turn in flight and a
couple of blue heron sitting on shore. Anne and Diana have been trying for a couple of days to identify the turns we are seeing. The pictures didn’t help, the ones we saw yesterday had black tails, and todays have white tails. The conclusion is we are seeing several different turns. 
When we approached Lock 19, the only lock of the day, there was an osprey sitting on top of th
e flag pole on the end of the lock wall. He took flight just as Diana good the second picture.
The lock has flower boxes on the top of the gate along with a mascot.
Chad the very friendly lock master was there to greet us and take our picture as we finish
locking through.
From the lock we turn off the main channel and head into Little Lake and the Peterborough
Marina. They tucked us in against the wall right next to the office.
As we are getting settled in the sun tries to shine but this just generates enough heat to produce showers. It is warm and humid enough that we close up the boat and turn the AC on for a while. We get a little rain. But the thunder and heavy stuff pass us by to the south.
In the middle of Little Lake is a large water fountain. At night it has colored lights on it.
Another very fine day.
The plan for today was to go from Hastings to Peterborough. We are in a stretch of the system with few locks. From Hastings we take the Trent River into Rice Lake, across most of the lake t
o the Otanobee River, then up to Peterborough. The only lock is less than a mile from the end of the 40 mile run. 
It is a gray overcast morning, but there is no rain and the temperature is near 70. Most important the wind is light and for the 15 miles of open water on Rice Lake it is nearly calm. I
t was a pleasant, relaxed day of cruising.It was also a day for bird photos. Diana took pictures of osprey in flight, a turn in flight and a
couple of blue heron sitting on shore. Anne and Diana have been trying for a couple of days to identify the turns we are seeing. The pictures didn’t help, the ones we saw yesterday had black tails, and todays have white tails. The conclusion is we are seeing several different turns. 
When we approached Lock 19, the only lock of the day, there was an osprey sitting on top of th
e flag pole on the end of the lock wall. He took flight just as Diana good the second picture.
The lock has flower boxes on the top of the gate along with a mascot.
Chad the very friendly lock master was there to greet us and take our picture as we finish
locking through.From the lock we turn off the main channel and head into Little Lake and the Peterborough
Marina. They tucked us in against the wall right next to the office.
As we are getting settled in the sun tries to shine but this just generates enough heat to produce showers. It is warm and humid enough that we close up the boat and turn the AC on for a while. We get a little rain. But the thunder and heavy stuff pass us by to the south.
In the middle of Little Lake is a large water fountain. At night it has colored lights on it.
Another very fine day.
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