September 25 -- HUGE Ships and Locks!

As soon as we had left the Crysler Park Marina, and followed the wide river northeast,  we could definitely tell that we were in the St. Lawrence Seaway!   It was quite a sight -- seeing this ship traveling up river, as we were going down!

 
 
And more ships! 

 
 
 

We had to wait outside the Snell Lock for this gal to come through  -- she's a bit bigger than we are, and we gave her plenty of time (over an hour) & space.

Waiting for these huge ships to enter and exit the locks takes along time, but the vision of the vessel that comes up out of the lock, makes it all worth while. At the same time, one can't help but marvel at the engineering feat it is to rise a ship that size several 10s of feet. Besides, we didn't have any place we HAD to be, 

So, we continued our trip, through the Snell Lock (on the US side) and the Canadian Beauharnois locks (#3 & 4) and tied up in the quaint little town of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec. 

Dinner that night -->  we followed the recommendation of another boater, walking several blocks from the marina to a Vietnamese restaurant -- that was closed. Per Google, we followed directions to another cool-sounding restaurant, that was in the opposite direction of our marina-- even asked a "French" person for some directions, he said, pointing down the street "a' gauche".  We found it - it was closed, too!  By this time it was nearly 8 o'clock;  perfect European-dinner time.  Close to the marina, we found an charming bistro with outdoor seating, elevated right along the sidewalk and had a wonderful meal under the trees, stars, and muted twinkle lights!