Overnight at Buckhorn Lock 31
44°33’21.5676″N, 78°20’44.6172″W
What3Words: ///longed.resisted.months

Catherine writes:

Ralph the mechanic arrived at 9:00 am with the refurbished alternators and new belts – yeah! Thank you, Ralph! It only took him a few minutes to install the rebuilt alternators, new fan belts and safety shroud covers. The engines were started to confirm that everything was working OK. Job well done Ralph and alternator rebuild shop in Peterborough.

Wally paid the bill for the marina and mechanical service. We have decided to bring the boat back here for haul out and winter storage. The marina is very friendly and well run, nice clean facilities for guests, their rates are reasonable, we like the mechanics as well as everyone at Kawartha Propeller so that feels like a good decision.

We left the marina around noon and headed to Buckhorn Lock 31 – just “around the corner” and only 10-15 minutes away. What started out as drizzle while we were in the lock began to intensify to a downpour, so we quickly decided to stay at the lower end of the lock for the night and get an early start the next morning. We are joined by three large houseboats and one smaller one for the night of steady and much needed rain in this area.

Wally writes:

What3Words screenshot of our location at Buckhorn Lock 31

For those of you who are interested, I have been using the “What3Words” app on my phone to quickly determine the Latitude and Longitude of our location at any point in time – or to look back at where we were or look forward to where we will be going.

This system is based on every location on the planet being divided into 3 square meter plots. Each plot is assigned a unique name of 3 words divided by a period “.”. For example: “longed.resisted.months” or, more traditionally: 44°33’21.5676″N, 78°20’44.6172″W –  is where we spent the night at Lock 31.

Each unique set of 3 words relate to a specific latitude and longitude. This system makes it really easy to share our location with anyone – compared to figuring out and sharing our latitude and longitude described as hours, minutes and seconds.

The system has proven to be so simple and reliable that many emergency services organizations (police, fire, ambulance and rescue) are adopting it in addition to the more traditional latitude and longitude readings because it is so easy for people who need assistance to share their exact location with anyone.

It is often humorous to see the combination of words that are used for a particular location we are at. Sometimes the coincidence of the 3 words in relationship to our situation at that moment in time is even a bit “spooky”.

The app for What3Words is free to for anyone use and available for download to Apple and Android phones and tablets with GPS. Here is a link to their website if you want to learn more:  About us | what3words