Gatun Locks – Second Lock

First, let me say – don’t worry!  I won’t bore you with walking you thru each and every lock we passed thru on this journey thru the Panama Canal.  However, there were some cool sights as we made our way thru the second lock.  And, just fyi – in this first set of locks, the Gatun Locks, there were 3 locks.  Overall, there are 3 sets of locks that we travel thru to reach the Pacific Ocean.

Fitting into the Second Lock

I was amazed at how close we came to the edges of the locks!  In this image, it looks like we’re going to hit the guard house on our left!  We do come close!

Suck it in

Yes, we were as close to the side as the Princess ship in the lock next to us!  However, I thought this was a great image to let you see how close things come!

Close to the Guard House

You’ll recognize the small silver car that guides us thru the locks.  In this image, I’m looking directly down.  We are within inches of the edge of the lock, then the car and then the roof of the guard house are shown in the image, from bottom to top of the image.  Tight fit!!

Enjoy!