Today we had a late start. The locks opened at their normal time but the operators started moving boats from lock 8 to lock 10 and then back to lock 8. Once at lock 10, they also had to do dam management so it was 11 a.m. before we were able to enter the lock. That was okay, no alarm and we were able to sleep in. Diana and I power walked for 20 minutes this morning, it has been hard to work the cardiac program into my schedule.

It was a pretty uneventful day. The scenery and weather conditions remained the same as the last few days. We have been blessed with excellent conditions.

We saw two white swans on Murray's Marsh (Trent River/Canal) before Glen Ross Lock (lock 7). They were gorgeous, swimming lazily among the lily pads. There were also an abundance of bull rushes and lily pads with white lilies on this leg of the trip.

The Kawartha Voyageur also passed us early this afternoon. That was about the only traffic we encountered, even the fishing boats were substantially less.