More Locks

If yesterday was castle day, today is lock day. We've already been through two during the  night and just traversed the first of four before we get to Miltenberg. It turns out that as much as I like the locks, Liza hates them. My view is that here is a technology that is hundreds of years old and it still works pretty much like it did when it was invented. Liza's view is that every time we traverse a lock we are not making progress.

(I've encountered a technical glitch. To put it simply I have overwhelmed my poor little tablet with castle photos a couple of days ago. After 22 attempts, which might have actually been closer to 50, it just keeps looking for photos. So I will continue with commentary but sans accompanying photos.)

Interestingly I don't believe that we ever tie off when we are in the locks. My guess is that the ship is so heavy that the incoming water can't push it around and the lock is only a foot or so wider than the ship so there isn't an opportunity to go from side to side. That said the Captain or officer has on occasion turned on the thruster for a second or two. The downside of lock passage is that they aren't very photogenic.