JacketsIIOur Travels on Jackets II

We head out early with our friends 20Buck$ and we started the Trent-Severn Canal. We went through 12 locks and were lifted more than 200 feet. We were the only two in the locks and have this down pretty well at this point. We stopped on the parks wall just before Cambellford. About an hour…

  We are back on the loop and headed to Canada again. This will be a long trip of about 80 miles. We generally cruise about 8-10 mph so it will be a 10 hour trip. It was raining as we left and the forecast was for more rain. We did most of the trip…

We stayed in Clayton on the 6th and went to the Antique boat museum. It is a really cool place. The wooden power boats there are just beautiful. They also have a museum with handmade canoes and one that is the Quest for speed. All the boats and displays are first class. We had dinner…

We decided that we would go to Boldt Castle and Singer Castle today then spend the night in Clayton. Boldt Castle is a unique Love Story. Mr. Boldt (supposedly only his doctor called him by his first name) was an immigrant that worked in hotels. He managed to work his way up and ultimately was…

  We heard that fireworks over Boldt Castle were very good for the 4th of July so we took a chance that we could stay at the fuel dock at Bonnie Castle Marina. We had called but couldn’t get a commitment. The trip from Kingston started out with a little mishap with our large fenders….

This morning we take the dinghy out and explore the whole bay. We saw some fishermen using a table umbrella on there John boat, it reminded us how I had done that on the ski boat for some shade when pulling the kids on the tube for hours at a time.  We decided to move…

We leave Smith Falls as early as we can, 8:45 is the first lock time. We are in canals for several hours and then the canal opens up into the large lakes on the Rideau. It is just beautiful. We have great weather and really enjoy our cruise. The Rideau twists through tight passages and…

  We went to Smith Falls and decided to stay through July 1st “Canada Day”. The last time we traveled on a Holiday weekend the boat traffic was pretty tough. We caught up on some maintenance items and provisioned at a Wal-Mart… it had been a while since we had seen one. On the 30th…

  We made our way to Merrickville, it was a beautiful morning. As the day went along it got really hot. We tied u p to the Wall in Merrickville to check out the town . When we were walking back to the boat we were surprised the Jackets II was above the road. Turns…

Burritts Rapids’ Lock 17 Rideau We left Ottawa about 8:45 as the first bridge opening that we would need was only a mile away and would not be available till after rush hour. This part of the Rideau is mostly canals connecting small lakes, it won’t be until after Smith Falls that we get into…