Boat Trip 2014 - July 25

Well, before we left Campbellford this morning, I made a trip to the Butter Tart Factory and to Dooher's Bakery.  :-)  We traveled through 5 locks with a big boat from Wilmington Delaware.  Nice people.  The boat is 48 feet long, and they are selling their home, planning to live on the boat, for awhile at least.  Planning to spend the winter in Ft. Lauderdale.  Sounds nice!

You never know what you might see on the streets of Campbellford!  This tractor had a fork thingy on the front with a couple more big bales, and it was motoring right through!

 
 I love this flower bed - there is a sign that says "Model T Parking only".

When I saw these kids playing under the bridge last night, I thought, that's what we would have been doing when we were kids - outside playing until nearly dark.  So nice to see!

 
 This is one of the kids under the bridge - she came to show me that she had found 2 pigeon eggs in a nest, and she was going to take them home to hatch them.  Poor pigeon. 

Most people probably know that the polar bear on the toonie was designed by Brent Townsend, a resident of Campbellford.  Hence the big toonie in the park.

 I found this lily floating on the river.

Waiting for a lock through, talking to the neighbours.

These osprey had their own built-in shade tree!

At the lock at Crow Bay, they always plant this cool flower bad - it's an old row boat, and the sign on the back says "Done Rowin'".  There are sweet peas which will eventually grow up the sail and cover it.

Paul, who was out on the bow in this lock, should have had a bar of soap with him!

So peaceful!

There is a lot of water bypassing the dam here in Hastings.

Here is a VERY avid young fisherman!

There are SO many geese on the Trent Severn, and they make SUCH a mess!  Paul is chasing them, but it didn't last long.

Here we are tucked in behind our American friends below the lock in Hastings.  Kind of puts things into perspective.  :-)