It is a gorgeous sunny crisp morning in the Moselle valley. I am in Charmes at km 60 on the Canal des Vosges. This is a paid moorage in combination with a camping. And I was able to take a luke warm shower for $ 2.00. It is still very slow going through the locks. The problem is that it takes about 20 minutes to go through each lock. Yesterday 11 locks. So I covered 18 km after the late start with the attempt to go to mass. I figure I will be in Toul by tomorrow evening. Then I go into the Canal de l’Est, the start of the Meuse river. The camper trucks in the pictures are the European of the American snowbirds, heading south for the winter, mostly to Spain. The majority are Dutch campers. I am going to get my fresh baguette and be on my way. It promises to be a beautiful day for travelling. The Moselle river runs parallel to the canal des Vosges.
