15 miles south of Peterborough now and we want to be north of it before the weekend.
Aug 4- we left Trenton and locked up 7 stations and moored off at Lock 8 Percy Reach. Was an impending weather alert and severe thunderstorms so we thought this was best. Arrived at 5pm and the rain started at 5:20pm but only lasted for 20 minutes. The rest of the night not a speck of wind, and it got hot and humid.
Next day was to be a big one, We locked through 11 times and went 49 miles. Left at 8:30am and arrived at 9pm. Had a quick meal , then bed.
Yesterday noticed water temperature rising, so I changed impeller when we arrived. We were going to go to Harcourt on the south side of Rice Lake for the night, but we ended up thick in weeds and turned tail and motored up the Otanabee River ( option 2) I should have trusted my "sailor" sense and chose option 2 all along , would have saved an hour.
After another day of weather warnings and forecasted high winds, all was going great until 4:30 after we locked up at Hastings. The skies opened and the rain came down sideways. We saw it coming so we had a bit of a chance to batten down, but we road it out for 45 minutes and it slowed down. Navigated at slow speed by chartplotter, navigation lights and lookoutss. Visibility was off and on, for a short period, but relatively okay.
Rice Lake was great for the first hour and a half, then got choppy and winds stiffened. This combined with my decision to go to Harcourt, added to the day.
A few pics of Percy Reach, the otonabee and Healey Falls lock. Not sure the order they will appear in. Bell reception has been in and out of range most of yesterday.
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