A big day for these boating nomads! Mark attempted to pull up the anchor from our anchorage at Morton Bay - it was jammed packed with weeds and took 20 minutes to be free! WOW...Mark worked away with the boat hook trying to get rid of the weeds and mud. We had a wash-down hose, so a quick cleanup and we were on our way by 7:40.
Tied up at the 1st of 4 locks at Jones Falls. The young man came to talk to us and at 9:06, the gates were open and in we went.
Our day continued as we frequently checked the weather - radar was not looking good along with notice on our phones about severe storms coming with 75 mph winds and 2" size hail. Luckily we went thru our 7th lock and were able to tie up outside Upper Narrows at 12:50 and wait it out. 20 minutes later, the rain came, but nothing real heavy - just nice and steady for about 2 hours. We had lunch, read and took a nap!
These college-age guys and gals along the Rideau have been very friendly and helpful. We noticed yesterday and it has continued at each lock that the Canadian locks do not have railings along the lock to prevent the many onlookers from falling in - kind of scary.....the Erie Canal has railings all along the locks on both sides. And the people are able to walk across the closed lock gates - not in the US.
At 3, we took off again but about 5 miles later, the rain started again although radar showed nothing? Strange! We had on our rain gear and it was just a nice steady drizzle. We got to Poonamalie and the rain stopped. This was a very pretty area with flowers and all kept neat and tidy. Also enjoyed passing thru the "Davis" lock which is also considered to be one the prettiest on the Rideau.
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Back to Catrina, turned on the generator and called it a day! Total locks were 9 today and we are now going down for the rest of the way to Ottawa (our preference).
Smiths Falls is the largest town on the Rideau.....no coffee shop (at least nothing walkable)! 😒
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