The last few days have been interesting to say the least. We left a small anchorage in a nice cove on Cedar Island New York at about 8:00 AM Saturday June 6th. When we retrieved the anchor it had about a 12 foot sunken log caught on it. Fortunately we had a trip line on the anchor and were able to get it off without too much excitement.
Our next adventure for the day was Iroquois Lock. The wind is blowing 15-20 from the aft and the boat begins to pivot, I have the rope on the rear and proceed to get a nice rope burn on my wrist. The boat never touched the lock wall however. FYI the drop in this lock is 6 inches.
The next adventure for the day was trying to clear Canadian Customs. Anyway this turned into a fiasco and we had to dock for the night in this little marina on the New York side of the river. The day got much better then as we met some very nice people that had done the Ottawa River and the Rideau Canal and we had a wonderful time talking about the trip and what to see etc. Sometimes things do work out nicely.
Sunday June 7th we left the New York side, finally cleared Canadian Customs and went to a nice little Ontario Province run marina in Morristown, ONT. After we cleared customs we decided to move Jejuda to a larger dock and the port engine starter solenoid decided it only wanted to perform its assigned task on an intermittent basis. After plugging in shore power the AC battery charger decided that it did not want to perform its assigned task at all.
Monday the 8th then became a repair day. Luckily I had a spare solenoid so that repair was quick. The battery charger was not repairable and they no longer make that model. We are making do for the time being with a portable battery charger we purchased at Canadian Tire.
On Monday afternoon Judi and I went to very interesting “period” village called ‘Upper Canada”. Set in the 1850’s it has a working sawmill, cheese factory, tinsmith, woolen mill, grain mill, bakery and much more. We both felt it was well worth the visit.
Tuesday the 9th started off raining with an easterly breeze of 20-25. We were going to have to cross Lake St. Francis, another 20+ mile trip against the current and wind in a very shallow lake. I learned my lesson on Oneida Lake and we waited till after noon to depart. We went about ½ the way across and the rain started again so we snuck into a small marina on the north shore of the lake for the rainy evening.
Wednesday the 10th we left early, went through two locks each a 42’ drop and took a left towards Ottawa and spent a delightful night in a small town on the western end of Montreal Island called Sainte-Anne-de–Bellevue. We are docked on the town promenade just before the lock and there are it least 10 quaint restaurants that front the promenade and river.
We are off later this morning, after café and French pastries towards Ottawa. The weather has improved and it should be ~75 and sunny.
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