Twin suspensions
Canal tug
Gold Hill
Many high-flying birds
Good tree for perching
Probably a vulture
Going under
Going into Pedro Miguel Locks
Lock building in between two sets of locks side-by-side
A tropical tree
Pedro Miguel
The car carrier at Miraflores
Facility at Miraflores
Two sets of locks here
A crane
Cargo ship in the new approach channel
Container ship in the new approach
Mule assisting us
A grackle
Fluffy feathers
Great egret
Graceful in flight
Pedro Miguel Locks
Locomotive
An MSC container ship in the new lock
End of the road for the mule
Local tug
Many shelters for canal workers
Frigates can have a wingspan up to 5 feet 8 inches
A female with a white throat patch
Watching the banks for wildlife
This is for the birds…..
Most of the birds were on the Pacific end
Exiting the final locks
Canal zone buildings
The restaurant at Miraflores
This ship was nice to photograph – good color
Here comes the car carrier on the left
Two sets of locks here
Side bank patio
Many onlookers at the restaurant
There is a dam overflow on the left bank
View of the lock wall from our window (garden is about done)
A set of swing span bridges
Never saw it used
Many clouds, but no rain here
Mango trees were full of fruit
Locks full for the Seven Seas Mariner
Miraflores Locks
Restaurant greeters
We sailed on this ship the first time 14 years ago
Two locks used to drop the ships
Very efficient
Draining the lock
Another ship in the new approach
Juvenile pelican
Does not have its adult colors yet
Powerful firehoses at the lock
Lock buildings
The Mariner enters the lock with several small sailboats
The final locks to the Pacific side
A tern
Two lanes of traffic
Terns fly really fast
A family of capybaras – native to this part of the world
What a strange sighting
These animals must live in the nearby mangroves
They come here for fresh water and grazing
Tern
Wonder if the local people eat capybaras?
A larger tern
Skies still cloudy, but no rain
New buildings on the new Miraflores locks
Tern
A twin prop plane
Hillside
Frigate
New facilities
Watch tower of the new locks
The new locks have three chambers
Water basins to re-circulate the lock water
A Mormon Temple, we think
Clear picture, but apparently injured
A hawk
Sun will be setting in an hour
New gates at Miraflores
The local narrator leaving the Amsterdam
