June 22 - Trenton

This morning George and Al took a dinghy ride up the Trent River to Lock 1 to purchase our waterway pass, and to observe the activities of the lock before we pass through it tomorrow. Sister Pat, in the meantime, took an extensive walk back and forth from the lock on the waterway trail alongside the river and also did some grocery shopping. First-mate Pat took advantage of everyone's absence, and cleaned the inside of the vessel, and did some advanced planning on locations we would visit along the rest of the Trent-Severn. We reconvened for lunch, and then took a taxi to the National Air Force Museum of Canada. The museum was well worth the visit, and we saw many types of aircraft displayed inside and out, along with many artifacts. We even met several men, all volunteers, who were working on refurbishing some planes from WWII. They told us that no one under the age of 75 was allowed to enter their work area! It was amazing to see the caliber of work these men have done on the Mark II Halifax Bomber which is displayed there - taking over 350,000 man hours.