Beverages Lock Wall

Here we are tied up to the lock wall. The water was so high. We had to have our fenders down to the waterline. It almost seemed like we would just float onto the dock wall!

                                   The Rideau is beautiful!

   I tried to manually close the lock - it’s harder than you think.

We arrived to Beverages Lock Wall on June 24 and stayed a couple of nights. We had to go through a couple of locks, but they’re small, narrow locks and operated manually by young (maybe college students) workers.The lock staff are friendly and while locking through, you’re close to other boaters, so you can talk with each other. 

There’s actually a Lower Beverages and Upper Beverages Lock; you can stay at either lock wall. We stayed on the Lower Beverages Lock Wall. It was the best of both worlds! The lower lock had power and the upper lock was an oTENTik (that’s how they spelled it) site, which basically is an area that has tents or cabins available. The good thing about an oTENTik site is that they also have showers. Between the two locks, was a gravel road so you could walk between the two locks. This road was also used by the lock staff to travel between the locks; the lock staff manually open/close both the upper and lowers locks.

While at Beverages Lock, we went for a dinghy ride to the town of Perth with Rachel and Malcolm on Stay Cool. Perth is a lovely town - very picturesque! We enjoyed lunch at a restaurant overlooking a brook and had dessert at a bakery nearby. I have to give the Canadians credit - their bakeries offer delicious desserts and taste soo fresh! After these bakeries and this Kawartha ice cream, I’m gonna need to return to an Optavia diet!

We had a great time - played some dice games (1000 - reminds me of my Seniors Group at work) and cards. We always have a good time with Rachel and Malcolm - they’re good people.