6:30am on the Blue Line at the top of the Flight of Eight Locks.
9:10am starting down. Seven locks to go.
According to our six day Rideau Canal Lock pass, today is our sixth day. Fortunately, only lock transit days count towards the total. So, even though Nellie spent 32 days on the Rideau, she managed to traverse all 45 locks in six days. Now that's good bang-for-the-buck.
Daring rescue at sea. Okay, maybe not so daring--it was calm, sunny and within 200 yards of the shoreline--still, someone could have missed dinner! The good news? It wasn't us that needed to be rescued. We put the vacationers on our hip and took them a whole two miles back to the dock. But that's Nellie's mission, spreading goodwill one boatload of folks at a time.
Meet Francis and Helene Lavigne of La Grand Presqu'ile, Quebec. They are fellow cruisers and offered us a space at their dock. She was a lab tech. He built airports. Together they own three boats, including one on France's Canal du Midi.
Eight locks and 42 miles from Ottawa to La Grand Presqu'ile
This evening we're safely tied to the Lavigne's dock in La Grand Presqu'ile, Quebec. Nellie is now 8 locks and 42 miles from Ottawa. She's 254 miles into the 2019 cruising season and has 8,491 miles under the keel since leaving Naples. DBH
