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 Our first (and only) navigation decision |
 HT and Suki working Ecluse 9, "la Gravière" on the Yonne |
 Happy hour #1, Gurgy, Yonne River |
 Our boat Magnifigue in Ecluse 5, "Monéteau" |
 Ecluse 2, "L'Ile Brûlée" |
 Fluffy, meet the nice doggie |
 Touchdown, Karen |
 Un cygne blanc |
 Drive-by through Auxerre |
 Our mooring spot under Cathédrale St-Étienne |
 For sale! |
 Cathédrale St-Étienne |
 Interior of the big Auxerre Cathedral |
 A really big church |
 Crypte sous Cathédrale St-Étienne |
 Les filles en vacances |
 Very old house |
 Abbaye du St. Pierre |
 Dinner |
 Chariot de fromages |
 Cathédrale St-Étienne de nuit |
 Pont Paul-Bert |
 St-Étienne et St-Germain |
 Dawn over Auxerre |
 Canal du Nivernais, Ecluse 80 du versant de la Seine, "Preuilly" |
 Mist in the trees |
 Canal du Nivernais, Ecluse 79 du versant de la Seine, "Augy" |
 Dew (rosée) |
 Peaceful mooring |
 Auxerre au lever du soleil |
 Starting south on the Canal du Nivernais |
 Typical sign on lockkeeper's house |
 Kilometer 172, heading towards 0 |
 Ecluse 78, "Vaux" |
 La ville de Vaux |
 Just north of Vaux |
 Duck! (se baisser vivement!) |
 Lunch! |
 Possibly the prettiest house and yard in France |
 Girls on lock patrol |
 My all-girl locking team at Ecluse 77, "Toussac" |
 Dr. V.'s lucky day, the all-girl lock teams continue at Ecluse 76 |
 N.F.H. at kilometer 164 |
 Village de Bailly |
 Canal du Nivernais, Ecluse 75 du versant de la Seine, "Bailly" |
 Wine-tasting cave at Bailly |
 Some of the 7.5 million (!) bottles of wine stored at Bailly |
 Sorting, moving, stacking |
 View from the hills above kilometer 162 |
 Happy hour with Mike and Linda |
 Heather's morning run |
 Ah, wine country! |
 Vieille ville de Chablis |
 Franck Chretien explaining terroir |
 Hand picking the Premier Cru |
 Butteaux |
 Overlooking Irancy |
 Chardonnay grapes in Butteaux |
 Tasting at Jean-Marc Brocard |
 Vintners with a sense of humor |
 Canal du Nivernais, Ecluse 73 du versant de la Seine, "Vincelles" |
 Our favorite lockkeeper from two days ago, now at Ecluse 72, "Rivottes" |
 Kilometer 158 |
 Heather working Ecluse 71, "Maunoir" |
 Suki in charge |
 Embranchement de Vermenton, Ecluse "La Noue" |
 Abandoned farm at kilometer 156 |
 Heading east on the Vermenton Branch Canal |
 Approaching Vermenton |
 Hostellerie La Fontaine |
 Monsieur avec le charriot de fromages |
 Fromage et vin! |
 An unknown duck |
 Le Vin |
 Successful wine acquisition |
 Chablis Grand Cru |
 All-hands bike ride |
 Touchdown! |
 Canal du Nivernais, Ecluse 66 du versant de la Seine, "St-Maur" |
 Suzanne doing her first solo at kilometer 148 |
 Heather getting the fitness |
 Suki and Karen passing under the bridge at Séry |
 Canal du Nivernais, Ecluse 65 du versant de la Seine, "Séry" |
 Squeezing through the bridge and lock gate at Ecluse 65 |
 Beautiful town of Mailly-la-Ville |
 The drive to the stunning château of Mailly-le-Château |
 Sampling our demi-sec cremant de Bailly |
 Morning mist at Mailly-le-Château |
 Our sweet boat, Magnifique, at kilometer 142 |
 Suki on her morning walk |
 Our boat |
 Below the Rochers du Saussois |
 View from the top of the rocks |
 Petit village de Saussois |
 Mailly-le-Château and a field of yellow flowers |
 Roches du Saussois |
 Un héron |
 Rock climbing |
 Canal du Nivernais, Ecluse 56 du versant de la Seine, "La Place" |
 Kent solo locking |
 IMG_7707 |
 Karen returning from a successful baguette hunt |
 Chateau de Faulin, Ecluse 55 (Lucy) |
 Ted has made popcorn lovers of us all |
 Leaving Ecluse 52, "Coulanges" |
 The first of many ponts-levis |
 Kent lifts the bridge |
 Ready to motor |
 Going down |
 Done |
 Ecluse 57, "Châtel-Censoir" |
 L'église de Châtel-Censoir, de la 11éme siecle |
 Garden gate |
 Roger unloads the Austin Mini from his 60-ton barge, Vertrouwen |
 Very old church in Surgy |
 Moon over Châtel-Censoir |
 City Gate in Chatel-Censoir, dating from the 11th century |
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