Timeless Yacht

This post is for the birds. And the lock.

We left Hastings pretty early at 0700 as the first and only lock of the day was near the end of our trip. For those behind us, for much of the southwest end of Rice Lake the vegetation reaches the surface. If it slowed us down it will likely slow down any boat not on plane. We made the turn to the north out of the lake and slowed to reverse the vegetation off the running gear. Our line cutters probably helped. Our day finished after we locked through the relatively small Scotts Mills Lock and got tied up in Peterborough after 33.6 miles in a little over 5 and a half hours.

We saw at least 2 eagles, 🦅 the one in the pic buzzed the bow before landing on the tree. Always great to see loons and we’ve seen quite a few.

Peterborough is a large town. Nearly 100k residents. Large grocery stores, marine supply and restaurants all walking distance but that’s not why we stopped.

We stoped here to visit the Peterborough Lift Lock before locking through tomorrow. It IS amazing. You can get there by walking about 1.5 miles, riding a bike or use the U ride app. We viewed the lock from above, below, and the lock tender Griffin provided a visit to the control room. It’s both simple and amazing simultaneously. The pics simply don’t do this 122 year old engineering fest justice. It’s highest hydraulic lift lock in the world. The pictures don’t do it justice.

Tomorrow they’ll raise up all 100,000lbs of us. I hope. 🤣