The first
day we left from Amsterdam to go to the airport. The first flight took 9 hours and we went to
Toronto. I watched 4 movies and read a lot. The second flight took an hour and
a half. I watched one movie. Then we went to a hotel and went to bed, the next
morning we went to my grandma and grandpa’s boat. We looked around a bit.
Then we set
off, a bit later we came to Ottawa and went past 8 locks the next two nights we
stayed by a bridge. I fished a lot and even caught a catfish!
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| Finn's favorite at Parliament's Light and Sound Show |
After that
we went to Hartwell’s lock and I and my sister were allowed to work the lock.
It was quite fun and grandma took a lot of pictures.
After that we went on a
bike ride.
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| Finn braiding the dock lines |
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| Moving the boat off the blue line |
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| Guess what we had for breakfast? |
The next day we went to Long Island lock and I went fishing. We also went on a dinghy ride that was very
fun. My sister and my mom found a lot of
fishing tackle in a tree and they gave it to me!
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| Finn, prepared to watch for obstacles |
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| The Kawartha Voyageur, a cruise boat with the bow folded up to fit in the lock |
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| Finn helping make lasagna for dinner at Long Island lock |
After that
we went to Burritts Rapids. There I
spent a lot of time reading. For dinner we had pizza. We stayed there for the
night.
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| I helped to steer the boat |
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| We saw a plane tied to a dock |
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| The front of the plane was really cool |
The next day
we went to Smiths Falls and went through 14 locks in a distance of 18 miles. I
went for three walks and came across a sort of remote control boat festival. There was this guy who had set up this
headset and put a camera in his boat. He let me try the headset on it was
really cool! He also showed me that the anchor could really go down. After that he said that he had made the boat
himself, how cool is that?
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| In the museum at Smith Falls we could play Captain |
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| I caught my first Pike at Smith Falls! |
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| Finn at the helm sailing like a pro |
