Monday August 6th

Motored to Chambly, 45° 26.78N 73° 16.99W, traversed the first 3 consecutive locks and tied up to the wall where we will spend the night.  There is a beautiful bike path along the canal, so we got the bikes out and explored.  The canal bypasses the Richelieu rapids, and having seen them we were grateful that the canal had been built.  We ended up in Saint Jean sur Richelieu, where the canal ends and boat traffic rejoins the Richelieu River.  We had to support the local economy by buying an ice cream.  Ron asked for a medium, since he guessed that Teresa would want a bite.  It was HUGE, bigger even than a US Medium, and even though Teresa helped Ron out a little, we couldn’t finish it and it ended up in the garbage.  We  got chatting to an older gentleman who was interested in our folding bikes.  Apparently he has 27 bikes at home, one of them a German folding bike from 1957!  There was a nice photo display on the path.  We returned to the boat, a 24mile round trip, had sun showers on the boat and supported the local economy again by going out to dinner at the Tri Colores – delicious Italian!

Ship’s log: 2079.6 Today's log: 15.0nm, Season total: 444.1 nm