We reached the first lock at about 7:00 this morning. Here are some amazing canal facts:-- 30,000 people lost their lives in the construction of the canal!
-- Queen Victoria will pay a toll in excess of $275,000 to transit the canal today....and it will be about twice that amount when we transit the Suez Canal!
-- The Atlantic entrance to the canal is actually further west than the Pacific entrance...the canal actually runs in more of a north/south direction.
We passed under the Bridge of the Americas just after sitting down to dinner at 6:30. Mission accomplished!
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