JacketsIIOur Travels on Jackets II

Ottawa is a really nice city, we arrived at the famous Rideau flight of 8 locks about 1 pm. We had to wait about 30 minutes and then just 20Buck$ and Jackets II went through the locks. One after another we went up the locks right in downtown Ottawa. It was really cool. We did…

We got a late start leaving St. Anne’s so that we could dispose of the used engine oil. We knew it would be a little busy because of the holiday. Well it was very busy. We were packed into the lock leaving St Anne’s and would have to wait several hours at the big Carillon…

We spent three nights and two days here in St Anne De Bellevue. On the first day we got out the bikes and followed the bike/road path along the river. It’s a little hillier here than in Jacksonville, and the exercise was welcome.  We saw some beautiful estates with vineyards and tennis courts. We also…

We left the marina at 8:30 after learning that we would get through the lock before the scheduled 4pm pleasure craft lift, if we hurried over. So all three boats cast off in a rush. Well the procedure is that you get to this huge lock and tie off at a floating dock. climb up…

Well we are leaving the lakes and canals for a few days and into the St Lawrence Seaway. The current would also be against us. Learned another lesson on chart plotting. Best to do it before you leave, especially when using French charts. I plotted our way to Montreal but we were a good 10…

We left Chambly as soon as the locks were available. This is a flight of three locks(3,2,1) where we go out of one lock and into the next. This was really tight. I had to keep the rub rail off the corner of the lock as we descended in each lock, and then push the…

We entered the Chambly Canal today, turns out we could have stayed just outside the lock 9 at a Canada Parks Dock which is covered in our summer pass we purchased a few month ago. It would have been a nice place to visit.   The Chambly locks were built in 1810-1830 and are still…

We left Burlington about 10 am and made our way to Canada. Two of the books we have said to call an 800 number and check in, official’s may want to send someone to check your boat or have you stop at a checking dock. We did that at first on our Sprint Phone (…

We had such a nice dinner last night we had decided to hang around Vergennes another day. But the weather forecast was for the winds to pick up in the afternoon and stay high for several days, so we decided to leave and head to Burlington. It was early morning as we headed out Otter…

Our next stop is Vergennes, VT. This is actually south of Westport but you have to go North on Lake Champlain and then navigate a tricky entrance into  Otter Creek. The depth of Lake Champlain has been up to 400 feet. We have to go past the creek and come back as the water shallows…