{"id":2039,"date":"2008-10-02T13:14:59","date_gmt":"2008-10-02T17:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/frenchbychoice.com\/?p=2039"},"modified":"2014-04-14T13:20:06","modified_gmt":"2014-04-14T17:20:06","slug":"soane-river-thursday-2-october-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frenchbychoice.com\/?p=2039","title":{"rendered":"Soane River, Thursday 2 October 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Pat

Pat at the Helm<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Shoe

Shoe on the bow line in the lock<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Pat

Pat on the line in a lock<\/p><\/div>\n

\"The

The Soane River<\/p><\/div>\n

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We set off from Pontailler-sur-Soane about 9:45 AM. There are places along the way, clearly marked on the chart, where the curves are so tight for the long barges that the circulation path moves boats to the left side of the channel.\u00c2\u00a0 Our first encounter was near Pontailler-sur-Soane.\u00c2\u00a0 But since we didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t encounter another boat or barge it was of no consequence.\u00c2\u00a0 We encountered flocks of swans, lovely white cows grazing along the bank, kayaks, and scores and scores of fishermen and fisherwomen.\u00c2\u00a0 Navigating is fairly easy, the channel is well marked, there are plenty of directional signs, and, because it is October, there are only a few other tourists out here.\u00c2\u00a0 We passed through one deviation, a place where a canal has been cut to avoid a particular portion of the river that was simply beautiful.\u00c2\u00a0 Along each side was a row of trees, just beginning to turn yellow.\u00c2\u00a0 It was very much similar to the Canal du Midi, only wide enough for two boats and bordered on each side by a tow path now used as a bike and walking trail\u00c2\u00a0 We stopped in Auxonne for a walk-about after lunch aboard, but most everything was closed; so, we decided to leave the quay and head downstream.\u00c2\u00a0 We made it as far as St Jean-de-Losne, 37 kilometers and three automatic locks for the day\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s total.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0By now Shoe is an expert at turning the signal hanging in the middle of the river.\u00c2\u00a0 We passed one wayward tourist at the last lock who had wrapped a line around his propeller and the VNF (Voies Navigable Francais) folks had arrived in dive gear to unwrap it. We passed the cutoff to the Canal du Rhone au Rhine and seriously considered absconding with the boat and heading for the Danube.After we enjoyed a cold beer, we set off to pay for a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153jeton\u00e2\u20ac\u009d for water.<\/p>\n

The place on the sign no longer sold them, so we headed on to the VNF office \u00e2\u20ac\u201c who doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t sell them, but directed us to a small bar across the street from the church around the corner.\u00c2\u00a0 All, of course communicated en Francais.\u00c2\u00a0 Since the fee included electricity and we don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have\u00c2\u00a0 a shore power hookup, Pat elected to forgo the jeton \u00e2\u20ac\u201c much to the dismay of Mike and Shoe who were afraid we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d run out of water \u00e2\u20ac\u201c even though the only water we have used so far is to wash dishes.\u00c2\u00a0 We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll get water tomorrow after we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve all had showers.<\/p>\n

Carol finally bought a postcard fro her aunt; and we went to a TABAC and bought two \u00e2\u20ac\u0153timbres\u00e2\u20ac\u009d for carte postale aux Etats-Unis.\u00c2\u00a0 88-centimes.<\/p>\n

Back to the boat where Mike made Potato-Leek soup and we all showered\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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