We had a thunderstorm last night and lost power.  No wifi for us this morning.  So I will do 2 updates later.

We now have a stable internet connection.  I am going to be posting the past few days soon. 🙂

We finally arrived in Kos. No Internet here so will post when we find different accommodation.

Villach threw a thunder storm for us early this morning!  Wow.  Extremely loud thunder and very bright lightening!

LONG  travel day today!

Stay tuned for our version of “Trains, Planes and Automobiles”!!

Greg and Leslie took us on a drive to a quaint little village called Merrickville that is a bit south east from Stittsville.  Merrickville is on the Rideau River and according to their chamber of commerce is:

Merrickville, also dubbed ‘the Jewel of the Rideau’, has become a favourite weekend getaway spot on the gorgeous Kingston-Ottawa Rideau Heritage Route. Located near the mid-point of the canal system, Merrickville evokes fond memories of times gone by. You won’t find any parking meters or traffic lights here but you might find the Town Crier and very friendly villagers.

According to the museum the Rideau Canal System has 24 lock stations that has 47 locks and is 202 KM long.  It was built in 6 years opening in 1832.  I’m pretty sure they didn’t have huge earth movers to help them.  Quite a feat to complete so quickly!

There was a boat going through the lock as we were there.  The Lock Master filled up this section of the lock and then let this little boat through the other side.

The village is very quaint.  Nice little shops and restaurants.  We wandered around for a bit.  Watched a glass blower in action and did some geocaching.

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It is our last night with Greg and Leslie.  We had dinner at the Cheshire Cat pub.  Awesome meal!!  Back home for more Euchre.