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Going Up! The Gravity Defying Ronquieres Lift Lock

After two seasons of cruising we’ve gone through almost 1,000 locks on Rabelo.  You would think after so many locks our attitude would be “if you’ve seen one lock you’ve seen them all.”  In general I would agree.  Then again each lock is landscaped and or decorated differently.  Some are rather whimsical while others are beautiful.   Most of the locks we go through on the smaller canals are called Frycinet locks named after Charles de Frycinet.

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