DJphoto Loc: SF Bay Area

After dinner, I went up on the top deck as the sun was setting and we went through one of the many locks as we cruised down the Rhine. It had been a very full and enjoyable day. We had a beautiful evening cruise north on the Rhine, including going through one of the many locks we transited during our week-long cruise.

My previous post can be found at https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-806443-1.html, while the first post of this series (that includes a map of all of the places where we stopped) can be found at https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-801137-1.html

Next up: Strasbourg France

Driving back through France from Colmar to the Viking Eir

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Back across the Rhine to the Viking Eir (second from right)

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Cruising north on the Rhine

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Almost sunset as we approached a lock

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Entering the lock

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The water level is lowering

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Raising the gate so we can exit the lock

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Looking aft, the wheelhouse (navigation bridge) is lowered so we can clear the gate

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Exiting the lock, about to get dripped on!

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Clear of the lock; note that the wheelhouse has been raised to its normal position

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DJphoto Loc: SF Bay Area

A map of where we're going.

AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!

That's got to be fun and interesting. I've done cruises on the Rhine, but we didn't go far enough to go through a lock.

NMGal Loc: NE NM

Thoroughly enjoyed this set.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Beautiful and interesting, Dennis.

pixelmaven Loc: Reno, NV

Ditto

srfmhg Loc: Marin County, CA

Interesting set Dennis. I love going through the locks on the Danube which I posted a few years ago.

DJphoto Loc: SF Bay Area

Thanks for you comments Kathy. Going through the locks was very interesting and I think we went through about 8 of them; I'll have a few more photos of the locks in later posts.

DJphoto Loc: SF Bay Area

I'm glad you enjoyed this set NMGal. Thank you for commenting.

DJphoto Loc: SF Bay Area

Thanks for the double thumbs up Longshadow.

DJphoto Loc: SF Bay Area

Thank you Mike, I'm glad you found it beautiful and interesting.

DJphoto Loc: SF Bay Area

Thank you Laura.

DJphoto Loc: SF Bay Area

Thanks Mark. It was an interesting experience. We were told that it was best to get a cabin on the top deck of cabins (of the 3 decks) for when we went through the locks. However, as you can see, it didn't really make a difference due to the drop in the lock. We had only gone through locks once before, on our 1973 summer in Europe. My wife's cousin was living in London and had a sailboat there. We spent a beautiful summer day on the Thames on his boat and went through a lock. We've been to London twice, July of 1973 and 2018 and both times it was over 80F. I've attached a photo of us going through the lock on the Thames. The boat is the one with the rope being held by my beautiful wife in the dark red pants on the right side of the photo.

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PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place

Good set of images Dennis. The lock images were very interesting.

Don