July 19,
The next day was a long one with not much to show for it but more
elevation and 15 miles.
The most exciting thing was that the
first lift of the day was a lift lock.
In this style there a really just two “bath tubs” . Our boat went into the lower one, and they
filled the upper one with a little more water than in the lower, and like a
teeter totter we went up! Really slick
and lots faster than the standard gate variety.
Also this lock took us up 65 feet.
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| View from the bottom |
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| Going up |
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| View from the top |
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| this house boat got a little too close |
We also picked up a lot more boat traffic and had to fit more boats into
each lock. The first one was a house
boat that was really wide and barely fit next to us. After that we tried to get the house boat to
go in first next to a smaller boat and then we paired up with another small
boat.
Found a really little marina and
got in with some help with the dock master, and a little bumper car play with
another boat on the dock. We wanted to
stay at one of the locks, but it was filled up by the time we got there. We had really picked up a lot more traffic and
there was less room for tying up at the locks.
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