The Baby Lock

We have begun our cruise down the Douro River and have just reached her first lock. They call this the baby lock because it raises the boat only about 36 feet. The next one we encounter is the largest lock on the river, and it will raise us almost 120 feet. We are out of the lock now and both sides of the river are covered with lush green vegetation. It reminds me of our voyages down the Catawba river when I was a kid. In my daddy‘s 10 foot boat named “Daddy Rabbit” we would go fishing by banks that looked as though they had not been touched since white men arrived. I feel the same kind of timeless wonder here.Leia mais