Forced stop for few months

We were ready to continue our travels. My captain Mario came back from work. His sister came to navigate with us. We started the motor in the morning to sail more north through the Canal de la Marne. And just to be sure we called the authorities if everything is fine. But we’ve got the worst news. The canal Champagne-Bourgogne is closed. There is not enough water in the canal. Last winter was dry and since then it was not raining so much. We have to wait probably until the autumn when it will reopen. We were discussing what we will do next. We had few options. Will we stay in Auxonne? Will we sail more south and enjoy the summer sailing around Lyon? Will we go back to Mâcon where we started? We discussed our possibilities. But the best option we could do is go back to Mâcon, because we have payed for the place until the end of September. We leave our boat there and we can go visit family, go for a vacation by car and discover other beautiful places we can’t with the boat. And that’s what we choose to do. At the last minute we booked the car, the house and we go for a vacation in the beautiful national park of Ardèche. Stay tuned! 🙂