{"id":49540,"date":"2024-08-25T09:32:51","date_gmt":"2024-08-25T09:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/25\/a-boating-newbie-on-the-trent-severn-waterway-riding-the-river-with-le-boat\/"},"modified":"2024-08-25T09:32:52","modified_gmt":"2024-08-25T09:32:52","slug":"a-boating-newbie-on-the-trent-severn-waterway-riding-the-river-with-le-boat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/25\/a-boating-newbie-on-the-trent-severn-waterway-riding-the-river-with-le-boat\/","title":{"rendered":"A Boating Newbie on the Trent-Severn Waterway: Riding the River With Le Boat"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We had been pulling right into a lock north of Peterborough after just a few days of navigating the Trent-Severn waterway in southern Ontario. We\u2019d handed by way of the identical lock perhaps 72 hours earlier on our manner north in our 42-foot Le Boat craft, and one of many Parks Canada lock employees acknowledged us on our return journey.<\/p>\n

\u201cHey, guys! It\u2019s Jim and Barbara, right? How\u2019d it go?\u201d<\/p>\n

There are many issues I\u2019ll bear in mind about our five-day, 20-lock journey on the Trent-Severn: my spouse admitting she was scared to dying on the concept of me piloting an enormous boat with nearly no boating expertise; majestic blue herons gliding over nonetheless morning lakes; night glasses of wine and night-time barbeques on the open-air prime deck. But it was the individuals we met alongside the way in which that stood out for me.<\/p>\n

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