July 31 - Midland, Ontario

Today we completed the Trent Severn waterway and entered the Georgian Bay and the land of rocks.  We also went through our last lock today and 72 locks total on this trip.  That's enough locks for one Summer.  The Canadian locks are great in that each has a park with picnic tables, fire pits and rest rooms.  Tying up at a lock for the night, especially in the country locks, is like camping out - not really - we have the luxury of a 36 ft trawler so shared our hot breakfast scones with boat/tent campers.  We had camp fires a few times and met some very nice families.  And the staff that work the locks are great.  All friendly and can't help enough.

The next to the last lock was not a lock at all, but a "marine railway" at the "Big Chute".  The Big Chute is famous in Canada and to anyone that has traveled the Trent Severn.  Traveling it the first time is an adventure, but was easier than most locks.  Just pull in and they lift you out of the water, carry you across a road, down a hill and dump you into the water on the other side.

We stayed overnight at the bottom of the Big Chute last night and came to Midland, Ontario today.  Getting a wash done and preparing for anchoring out this weekend.
Our internet access is going to be spotty for a while, so we'll update the blog again as soon as we can.