We visited the lift lock.

We crossed this bridge on our walk to the lift lock.

There's lots to do in Peterborough.  Yesterday we met Freya and Don, famous harbor hosts here, at a party she hosted.  There were about 20 loopers there.  Then we walked into the park and enjoyed the 

concert by Hannah Georgas.  She is an Ontario native but now lives in BC.  Her music was a backdrop for more conversations about routes and our backgrounds.  I enjoyed chatting with Penny from Penny Pinchin'. 

 Docktails on the dock with Freya.

A  panoramic view of the concert in the park.

Today George and I walked about three miles round trip to see the lift lock that we will go through tomorrow.  It is an impressive mechanical structure.  When we arrived, no boats were entering, so we didn't get to see them move up and down.  

The pan on the left is down, so we would enter there and tie to the railing.  At the same time

boats can enter the top pan from the other side.  The two pans move at the same time to change positions. Then boats exit.

On the walk home we stopped and watched a children's baseball game.  It was fun to see the kids' hitting and fielding and hear the coaches and parents' comments.  There were a few differences from our games:  This was machine pitched, and kids got five strikes.  Every kid got a hit while we watched two innings. The Chiefs, whose dugout we were behind, knew lots of call and response chants.  Oh, I wanted to copy all the words.  They reminded me of jump ropes songs.  The kids called them out with no embarrassment.  "Kevin hit a triple. A what? A triple. You doubt it? Read all about it...." 

We continued our walk to the LCBO and stocked up on gin and wine for our next week on the walls.
This morning Gypsea and Plane2Sea exited the marina.  Field Trip and Patriot just entered slips near us.  Last time we saw them was when they passed us in Sylvan Beach.  And the looper parade continues.

George is the main street here.