July 15, 2011 Dateline: Campbellford, Ontario Canada
I left Lock #6 early this morning and wound my way up the Trent River for 6 more locks and about 22 miles. The water was flat and there were some narrow sections that I had to pass through. There was a flight lock that I had to go up. A flight lock is two separate lifts but the doors from one lock go immediately into the second lock. The total lift was 48 feet. When I drove into the lock and looked up 48 feet, it was a long way up.Rich and Carol got me to Campbellford and tied me up at the wall, Nauti Nel, my friend from Trenton, has been here since yesterday. In order to bring business to some of the towns along the Trent Severn Canal marinas give a deal whereby if you stay two nights the third night is free. So Nauti Nell is going to stay tomorrow as well.
Campbellford is the home of the individual who designed the Canadian $2 coin. In honor of the coin designer, there is a 20 foot replica of the coin in the park. A coin that size would sure put a hole in your pocketCarol learned that there is a chocolate outlet store in the city, so guess where Carol dragged Rich. Carol was in heaven when she walked in and smelled all of the chocolate and left a lot of money behind. (Rich is calling forward for an import license.) Last week you could buy 20 lbs. of chocolate for $20. What a bargain! A chocolate company had a production facility next to the outlet but closed it and moved to Chicago, they then sold the plant and it was bought by another chocolate company. The outlet sells chocolate produced in Chicago and shipped to Campbellford.
On their way to the chocolate outlet Carol saw this house and said she liked it better than the yellow one she saw on the Erie Canal. 
Look at the Model T Ford that Rich took a picture of, behind it was one that was in the process of being restored.
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