2010 Kayak Trip

Pictures - Day 15

Waiting for the Bridge to open at Healey Falls, yeah we can go under but the lock people are having a fight with the power guys and they make the power guys drive down from the plant to open the bridge for everything, good to see politics is not the sole domain of corporate life

Waiting for the bridge

Cute little cottage

Campbelford

Got the picture just as he slid off the rock

Old houses along the canal

Nice canal with picnic areas on both sides

Retired people having a picnic

More retired people, offered us Doohers donuts

View from within the Ranney Falls step lock

View from inside the bottom lock

Stretching

View down Ranney Gorge and the suspension bridge

Old house with a cannon in the window, then realized we were at the mouth of the damn spillway, opps, hope it doesn't turn on

Our landing spot

Suspension Bridge

View from the Tent

View down the canal from beside tent

Why thank you

Artist who designed the toonie is from Cambpellford

Couldn't read so took a picture, a novel, really?

Some old car, snuck into driveway to take picture, couldn't find anyone to ask permission

Another old car beside in the process of being restored

We have come a long way in design of the wheel

World's Finest Chocolate factory outlet

The old guy likes his chocolate almonds, 19 bucks for 15lbs

MMMMMMMMM where to start

With this one!

Nice church

Doohers Bakery, nothing left as they were closing up

View of our camp from the top of the lock

View down the canal from the top of the lock

View of Ranney Falls from suspension bridge, falls turned off

Camp site from across the canal

Come on Julie, it isn't that high

Camp is down on canal on the right just after the first set of trees

Nature walk to take picture of camp

Waiting for Julie who is walking slow knowing she has to cross the bridge again, won't jump up and down this time I promise

My favorite conventional lock in the Trent Waterway

Julie likes flowers

Lockmasters have time on their hands and appear to ge gardners too

Another flower, can you eat these, I'm getting hungry

And another....

When can you eat the seeds?

Fisherman who ruined our quiet secluded campground

Very peaceful

Pictures - Day 16

Thanks for the delivery service Joe, you are da man

This was her skinny dip spot the night before, I missed it

Just liked this tree

Must have been a sale on mini lighthouses, these were everywhere

Stopped for quicky lunch

Catch anything?

WTF, middle of nowhere

Leave those geese alone Julie

Back Channel "Shortcut"

Opposite bank view

Water just a little gungy

Pssst, big blue barrels are not meant to keep your house level

Come up to the cottage, let's go for a swim

No matter how hard I dared Julie, she was not going for a swim in the swamp

When do we get out of this swamp

Just up here I think

Just past the cows on the left

Hey wait, are they running over here?

Yep, and right into the water, time to leave, we survived six foot waves in Couchiching, not about to be stampeded on while paddling a kayak

Helping with the lock at Glen Ross

Does she look nervous? Julie didn't like going past the edge, especially since the lock master over yonder kept telling her that people fall off into the lock all the time

Our last camp spot

Ok, there is a funny story to this, we are locking with this boat all day, she has been bent down in the seat the whole time, we find out it's her birthday and so picture time, she bolts up and makes sure we get a full picture, I will let you decide who was working the camera

Pictures - Day 17

Entering our last lake of the trip

The Beast!

Was protecting his family

You stay there pretty swan

Duck was caught in the lock with us

Julie doesn't like bats, good thing we didn't stay here which was an option

Julie passes under the 401, was under construction last year too, even on the water the constructions crews just sit around, at least no traffic on the water