Day 36 – Wed. July 15, 2009Today was just spectacular – the weather was perfect! We decided to go slow and enjoy the view and end up west of where we started from in Sainte-Anne-De-Bellevue (on left coming out of the lock)! Right now we are in Hawkesbury, Ontario a beautiful location. We had read that the town had a free dock that was close to a large bridge and somewhat tricky to get to. The floating dock is 200 ft long with free power and three hours of Wi-Fi that works per day! The view from the dock is beautiful and the surroundings are quiet. Restaurants are a few blocks walk with shopping close by if needed.
Since I am trying
to time our arrival into Ottawa to meet the Olsson’s we will stay here two nights and do some maintence on the boat. I can’t thing of a more pleasant location to get a little work done. Every thing that needs to be done is minor in nature. 
Today we passed through a special lock one of two in the world. The lock was constructed when they built a hydro electric dam and flooded the surrounding area to use as a reservoir. The lock raised us up 65 feet! What makes it special is the down stream side w
hich we entered is made like a guillotine as opposed to a door. When we entered the cell there was a floating dock with Park Canada attendants to take our lines and secure us to the dock. The gate was slowly lowered to seal the cell, and the water released - to lift us 65 feet. The whole process took about 35 minutes and was great fun. Barb and I passed through the other lock (#17) on the Erie Canal last year. 
