Frankford, ON

Frankford, ON

West Wall After Lock 6

June, 29, 2012

We have been in Canada for a few days but we have not been through any locks - but that is about to change.  We stayed two nights at Fraser Park Marina and it was very nice because the town was right next to the marina.  There was a nice grocery in town as well as a very good eating establishments.  We ate lunch and breakfast at a local deli and then Ginny and I had a very nice dinner at a local Italian place.  On Friday we planned to go to Campbellford and spend the weekend.  Campbellford is 30 some miles and 12 locks from Trenton.  We were excited to get going and the locks open at 8:30 so we were on the water at 8:20 headed to the first lock.  When we go to the first lock the lock master said we would need to tie up to the Blue Line and wait because Lock 3 had low water.  The Blue Line is where you can tie up before a lock opens and wait.  Basically it is a concrete wall with posts to tie to.  We waited two hours and the lock master said we could come in.  We locked up and when we were leaving the lock master told us to tie up on the wall again because Lock 3 still does not have enough water.  About 12:30 we were cleared to go to Lock 2.  By this time it was quite windy but we pushed on.  We got through Lock 2 and once again we were told to wait on the Blue Line at Lock 3.  We finally got in Lock 3 and the lock master said he didn't know where all the water went but it was back so we proceeded on.  By the time we got to Lock 6 where "Jim's Joy" and "Native Son" were, we were dead tired and asked the lock master if we could stay (please, please).  He said to tie up on the West wall.  There was barely enough room for both of us but we squeezed in and connected to some electric to cool off.  Did I mention it was our 38th anniversary.  Ginny had put a chuck roast in the crock pot in the morning so we ate that for a late lunch - early dinner.  It was very good, thanks honey.  We had happy hour with the other boats and then retired early.  We didn't know if we were going to travel on Saturday or not before we went to bed.

The sign on the bridge lit up at night

 Going under the first bridge on the Trent Severn

 A train bridge

 A little unnerving going under this very old bridge with a real train on top

 Our first lock

 Lock 6

 Tied up on the wall

We didn't get to visit the city but I am sure it is nice