45 Locks in this waterway!

We had gotten up early Sunday morning and set off towards Trenton. Thankfully the wind had calmed down and so did the lake. We got to Port Trent Marina later in the afternoon and decided to stay two nights. When we arrived we quickly noticed a lot of other “Looper” boats flying the AGLCA (America’s Great Loop Cruising Association) burgee. Including the President of the AGLCA who is currently doing the loop as well. There were also several other Ranger Tugs in different sizes. The marina was super nice with free wi-fi and laundry. The showers were as nice as any nice hotels.

Monday morning we walked up to the local grocery store called “Metro”. Which definitely had me confused at first. The locals kept telling us oh the Metro is right there and I thought, oh that’s convenient for for getting around…orrrrr just getting food lol. Anyway, we picked up a few things, including a few throw backs.

After bringing the groceries back we broke out the scooters and went a little further into town to the hardware store. The sidewalks were a little rough, but we managed. We passed a movie theater and decided to go see Thor later, which was really good. As we walked to the theater we passed a cafe called The Grind & Vine.

This morning we headed to the first lock going up. I was definitely nervous! Thankfully we were the first and only boat in the lock. They have cables running down the wall and you loop your line around them, front and back to hold your boat in place. The flow of water into the lock was much smoother than anticipated, much to my relief!

Along the lock walls live colonies of small mussels.

These locks are opened and closed by man power. These guys just walk in circles all day.

We went up and through lock 6, tied off along the wall and walked to town. There was not too much to see but there was a neat cafe called The Old Bank Cafe, which if you couldn’t tell by the name, used to be a bank. Apparently they still have the original vault inside and everything.

It was still early in the day so we continued up to lock 7. The locks close at 5:30 and you can tie up for free along the wall in front of them for the night while waiting. Luckily just down the road from this one was an ice cream shop! It had a cool old I Love Lucy slot machine too.

Got to try a new flavor too, Wolf Tracks. Vanilla ice cream with fudge and brownie chunks, soooo good! 😋

All in all it was a pretty chill but positive day. 39 locks to go. Gonna be on this canal system for a few days. But I’ll let ya know about anything cool we see along the way!

PS. Canada’s internet system has been having issues we’ve been told, so the Nebo tracking link may be laggy.