2 Nights at Chafey’s Lock

44°34′43″ N 76°19′13″ W

Newboro is the highest point on the Rideau System. When you leave Ottawa & head towards Kingston all of the locks take you “up” until you reach Newboro. Once you pass through the lock at Newboro all of the locks take you “down” until you reach Kingston.

Newboro is also & important point on the trip because all of the channel marker colours are reversed at this point.

If you are headed to Newboro from Ottawa the red channel marker is always on your right (starboard) side & the green channel marker is on your left (port) side.

If you are headed to Kingston from Newboro then the channel marker on your left (port) side should always be red & the marker on the right (starboard) side should be green.

Whoa – I confused the heck out of myself simply writing those few paragraphs!

Anyway, we arrived at Chafey’s Lock early in the afternoon. As usual, the upper side of the lock is a “happening” place. I think it has something to do with the close proximity of the LCBO (liquor store). The overnight mooring spots were all taken so we decided to go down to the lower walls where there was lots of room & electricity hookups.

We had a quiet afternoon & Glenn helped me hook up the water pump for the air conditioning unit.

The humidity has been high so the AC was a welcome addition. Especially as we were deeply into the backgammon tournament. I was getting whupped regularly but no matter – its the company I’m with that means the most.

After all that hot work we refreshed ourselves with a few cold Radlers & then walked over to the LCBO to replenish the bar. Glenn also introduced me to one of his favourite red wines. Delicious. I’ll have to remember that one for sure!

The next morning we headed up to the Opinicon Resort for breakfast. It was a nice break from cooking for ourselves.

(Photo above copied from the internet)

That afternoon we installed new port & starboard navigation lights. The lenses on old ones were badly crazed & the replacement lenses alone cost more than brand new LED lights so I opted for the new LEDs.

We had dinner in the bar at the Opinicon. It was packed with people but the service was great, the beer was ice cold & the food was delicious.

(Photo above copied from the internet)

We asked our server to take a photo of us & she did her best but she must not have clicked the right button ’cause I don’t have anything in my camera’s photo album. 🙀

Cheers!