We had a day taking care of business which included changing the oil, buying food, and setting up some of our electronic systems – a nice day relaxing. Also, the wind was blowing at 35 knots so it was a good day to do our work in port.
Today we had two locks, two lift bridges, and two lakes to experience and it was a beautiful day after the low blew through. The 2 locks dropped us 42 feet each. There are just 2 more to go before Montreal. The St. Lawrence has two lakes along its course. They open up to about 4-5 miles wide in each of them. There are a lot of homes along the lake and since this was Saturday, there were a lot more people out in their boats. We waited for a while to get into the lock and galley mate Marg served caesar salad and penne primavera with grilled chicken and sauteed red pepper, tomato, and garlic – worth waiting for any day!
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- The first mountains
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- The neighbours
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- Shoot out at Lac Saint Louis
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- Been growing my beard – nice not shaving every day
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- Lac Saint Francis
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- Not sure what this is….
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- We had 2 of these lift bridges – they wouldn’t tell us when they open so we waited and waited untill finally……
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- Leaving Beauharnois Upper lock (#4)
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- Beauharnois Lower Lock (#5)
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- We were the only ones in the lock
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- These doors hold 22 million gallons of water and dropped us 42 feet
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- Arriving at the dock after a long day is always a high moment
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- Lac Saint Louis – near Melocheville
