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| Manual swing bridge near Corre |
June 30 – Tuesday, Corre:
Lay-over day today. We walk Corre, make multiple trips to the Intermarché (grocery store), do laundry in the machine in the Intermarché parking lot. Their version of a laundromat in many small towns. Dinner is at a small restaurant; good but of no significance.
It rained from 6:40 – 7:20am. It’s 66°. We felt bad for the two couples bike camping just above the dock. Michael heads to the boulangerie for croissants and lunch bread, unfortunately it’s closed on Wednesdays. He runs into the couple from Australia on his way, they had moved to the picnic shelter to eat breakfast and let their tent dry a bit. We see lots of bike tourists with panniers, some camping, some not. Lots of accommodations for them along this route.
We are on the Petite Saône cruising through farmland with trees along the river. Beautiful. We no longer press a button on our electronic écluse opener. Now we must slowly pass by a pole hanging, usually from a wire. You then grab it and turn it counter clockwise to activate the écluse. At 11am the temp is 73° with humidity at 58%. We cover 24km and three écluses (only 3!) and arrive in Port de Fuchécourt at 2pm. Actually see a couple boats on the water now that we’re on the river. The marina is going through renovation. No one to check in with. A charter boat arrives and Michael grabs their line. It’s cooled off a bit so we get the bikes down and have a nice evening ride. When we return there is another charter boat in right next to us. Nice family from ??? with Grandma, three adults and a young girl. Spoke English but didn’t get much opportunity to chat with them.
July 2 – Thursday, Port-sur-Saône: 7am and it’s 66°. The temp had dropped enough last night we didn’t need the fan on for a change. We depart Port de Fuchécourt at 8:45am. When doing the engine check Michael found disconnected wires that may be the cause of our tachometer not working and the engine and domestic volt lights flickering on and off. Fingers crossed. 10am and the temp is 72° on it’s way to a high of 84. We arrive in Port-Sur-Saône at 11am. Tachometer is still not as it should be, we’ll clean the connectors tonight to see if that helps. We walk the town, pretty quiet since it’s lunch time. We’re in a rhythm on the boat with all three take turns at the wheel and handling lines, shopping and cooking. Yes, we’ve done this before. Not for two months, but hey, what’s another six weeks.
July 1 – Wednesday, Port de Fucécourt:
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| unidentified tower in Corre |
It rained from 6:40 – 7:20am. It’s 66°. We felt bad for the two couples bike camping just above the dock. Michael heads to the boulangerie for croissants and lunch bread, unfortunately it’s closed on Wednesdays. He runs into the couple from Australia on his way, they had moved to the picnic shelter to eat breakfast and let their tent dry a bit. We see lots of bike tourists with panniers, some camping, some not. Lots of accommodations for them along this route.
Joan needs a trip to the pharmacy so Julie goes to the Intermarché (again!) for bread while Michael preps the boat for departure – fill water bottles, water tank, engine check, etc.
Depart Corre at 10:28am.
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| Julie activating the écluse while Joan handles the boat. |
We are on the Petite Saône cruising through farmland with trees along the river. Beautiful. We no longer press a button on our electronic écluse opener. Now we must slowly pass by a pole hanging, usually from a wire. You then grab it and turn it counter clockwise to activate the écluse. At 11am the temp is 73° with humidity at 58%. We cover 24km and three écluses (only 3!) and arrive in Port de Fuchécourt at 2pm. Actually see a couple boats on the water now that we’re on the river. The marina is going through renovation. No one to check in with. A charter boat arrives and Michael grabs their line. It’s cooled off a bit so we get the bikes down and have a nice evening ride. When we return there is another charter boat in right next to us. Nice family from ??? with Grandma, three adults and a young girl. Spoke English but didn’t get much opportunity to chat with them.
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| Port-sur-Saône as we walk to town from the marina - photo JC |
July 2 – Thursday, Port-sur-Saône: 7am and it’s 66°. The temp had dropped enough last night we didn’t need the fan on for a change. We depart Port de Fuchécourt at 8:45am. When doing the engine check Michael found disconnected wires that may be the cause of our tachometer not working and the engine and domestic volt lights flickering on and off. Fingers crossed. 10am and the temp is 72° on it’s way to a high of 84. We arrive in Port-Sur-Saône at 11am. Tachometer is still not as it should be, we’ll clean the connectors tonight to see if that helps. We walk the town, pretty quiet since it’s lunch time. We’re in a rhythm on the boat with all three take turns at the wheel and handling lines, shopping and cooking. Yes, we’ve done this before. Not for two months, but hey, what’s another six weeks.
Glad to hear you’re moving along and finding the things you need.. Loe the pictures. bjcw
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