France Canal trip, day 4

Today we make up for lost time due to the May 1st National Holiday.  An incredible sunrise greets us at Lamarche-sur-Saône as we head towards Dole.  The weather is on-again/off again rain, sun, clouds, sun, rain.  We also make our big move off the Saône River and canals and turn up the Canal du Rhône au Rhin towards Dole.  We're a bit apprehensive about this canal, as it's much busier and much narrower with a lot more locks, some of them quite deep.   As it turns out, our worries were for naught.  The Rhin is incredible!

France Canal trip, day 3

A short day today, May 1st, which is a national holiday in France and believe me, everything shuts down.  It's also our 7th wedding anniversary!  So come along from Pontailler-sur-Saône to Lamarche-sur-Saône for the night.

France canal trip, Day 2.

We start our second full day on the canals of France after an incredibly quiet 1st night sleeping moored to the edge of the canal in the middle of farm country.  Today we will travel about 60 kilometers and end our day in Pontailler-sur-Saône.

France canal boat adventure, Day 1

Come along on our journey down the canals of France!  The first day of our adventure couldn't have been better.  We had glorious weather and all of our apprehensions about piloting a canal houseboat were quickly laid to rest.  Click on images for full-screen and if you cursor over the image, you'll see descriptions.  I will apologize in advance for having way too many images.

Back for another visit!

Devany backed out of the garage this morning, saw movement in her rear-view mirror, and saw this little female Lynx laying on the snowbank in front of the house!  She moved into the trees and shade but just sat there for awhile letting me take pictures before she finally headed off looking for snowshoe hares.  What a treat.  Click for full-screen high-res.