August 7, 2011

A quick post to bring you up to date since we departed Ottawa.

We tied to the lower wall at St A de Bellevue this morning after anchoring last night in a little bay just west of the lock. We departed Ottawa on Wednesday and after descending the eight locks into the Ottawa River anchored about 6 miles downstream at Little Duck Island. Thursday night we were in a small Marina at Montebello where we took on water for the first time in eight days (72 gallons) and did three loads of wash. On Friday we locked through Carillon Lock, the tallest lock in Canada with a 66 foot drop, then tied up for the night on their lower wall.

We will stay here for at least one night (when we look around today we’ll decide whether to stay another day). When we leave here we will enter the St. Lawrence Seaway locks after about 6 miles and then be in Montreal at a marina the same day (about 35 miles total).

All is going well. We should be in Lake Champlain in another 10-12 days.