August 23 and 24th
We all brought small gifts for the lock keepers. The Royals
were giving out Ghirardelli chocolates to the ladies (a huge hit) and notepads and pens to
the men. Clipper One had Canada stuff,like us, and USA/France pins . On the
last lock there were two kids. We gave the little guy a stuffed moose and his
older brother a magnet. While we were on the wall in Chitry their mother , the lock keeper
came by to see what time we were leaving and to tell us what time we could get
into the first lock. She also thanked us for the gifts for her children. Terri
asked her about the distance to the grocery store and as it happened she was on
her way so off Terri went with her. What
goes around comes around!
Evelyn and Doug and I decided to ride the bikes along the
towpath this morning. We could help get the locks ready, raise the bridges and
see the world from a different perspective for a few hours.
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| Evelyn hard at work |
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| All three boats fit in the lock at the same time! |
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| How many people does it take to open a bridge - 3? |
We were hell bent on making the Le Boat base in Tannay where
we were led to believe there was laundry facilities - Lavoire automatique!! We almost made it but were one or two locks
short. At lunch we tied up in a lock again. Garth was a little skeptical, but
said he would try it one more time. He
ate with one eye on the lock wall. The
lock keeper arrived and once again started the process of letting the water
out. We were kind of ready, the boat got
untied pdq along with the two others. We
got to the base and much to our disappointment there were no facilities for
laundry. We did get clean towels and sheets - kind of. Judy needed two single
duvet cover and I needed two double duvet covers. I got two single covers and
she got two flat sheets!
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| Cutest smart car yet! |
The decision was made to carry on to Clamecy, a fair
size town that had to have laundry facilities. It was four hours by boat and if
all went smoothly we could make it.
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| Garth, Carrie and Sid took the afternoon shift. The first bridge was inhabited by two french couples and their dog. Looked they they all had a good laugh. |
We arrived in Clamecy and tied up to the town wall. They provide power
and water for a nominal fee knowing that people need to provision and in all likelihood
will spend some Euros in the local establishments. We all went to dinner - not
a huge choice even though it was a Saturday night. We ended up at a Mediterranean
Couscous place. Let's just say it was different - the menu was limited and some
of the entrees needed two days notice to prepare.
Sunday the day of rest!
Well, kind of but the first order of business was laundry -
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| FINALLY! |
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| Now, do they look like a happy bunch or what? Terri is the only one smiling cause she got there first and was almost finished! Judy is sleep washing....even though she had chocolate! |
Once the laundry was done people just did their own thing. We
went to the Kebab place Garth spied the night before - it was just OK. He
compares all kebabs to Ali Babas on Queen Street and so far not much compares!
We went to the local museum - for such a small place it was pretty impressive.
The first two floors were a little iffy but the third floor had some cool art
and the fourth floor was the history of the "logging" in the area. Some pic from the town.
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