Tuesday, July 7th, 2015
Day 337
Miles Traveled: 13
Total Miles Traveled:
5007
We got a later start than planned. Jones Falls has a series of four
locks. The boats at the lower end were
locked up first. This took a little over
an hour. Since the locks do not start
operating until 9:00 am,
we did not enter the first lock for the day until about 10:30 am. We completed the series by 11:30 am
and where finally underway.
Whitefish Lake was entered first,
followed by Little Cranberry Lake and then Cranberry Lake. Cranberry Lake had some beautiful
cliffs along one side of its shoreline.
As with the other lakes, these also had plenty of islands.
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| cliffs seen on Cranberry Lake |
We had beautiful blue sunny skies, but, the
wind was increasing to about 20 mph out of the southwest. The lakes were starting to get some
whitecaps. This kind of wind also can
make navigating the locks challenging. We
decided to stop for the day at the next set of locks, Upper Brewers, even though
it was only 1:30 pm. Before going through the locks, there were
docks with power, an added bonus. At
this location, there is not a town within walking distance or any restored
buildings to explore, so, our plan was to just kick back and relax for the rest
of the day.
About mid afternoon, we saw some
familiar faces approaching the dock.
Jesse & Linda on "Bama Dream" and Ralph & Janet on
"Gud-Nuff" were approaching the docks. We thought they were far ahead of us, but, as
it turned out, they had only gone short distances to anchor out and actually
got behind us in their travels. Shortly
after their arrival, the dinghies were dropped in the water for a fishing
expedition. The crews of "Bama
Dream" and "Gud-Nuff" and half the crew of "Seahorse"
love to fish. One guess who stayed back
at the dock and worked on the blog and enjoyed the peace and quiet. Angie hoped they would all catch enough fish
for a fish fry later that evening.
Although Dan had fun fishing, no fish big enough to eat were
caught. It was just as well, since right
at dinner time it started pouring down rain.
We wouldn't have been able to fry the fish outdoors with the rain. We had learned a lesson about frying fish in
the boat - Do Not Do It. The smell
lasted over a week and we vowed never to do that again. Any fish frying would need to be done
outdoors. Maybe Dan will have better
luck fishing the next time.
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