We left Pont à Bar at 9am as soon as the lock opened. 2 quick locks and we turned onto the river Meuse to begin our journey to Verdun. We stopped in Sedan for a quick trip to the grocery store, the past Mouzon to the lock at l’Alma, where we tied up along the bank for the night.

Today was all about history. We are following a good part of the Maginot Line that was built after WWI by the French along the France/Germany border. It very quickly proved to be a costly boondoggle that the Germans simply went around at the start of WWII. The remains of bunkers are all along the river as we head generally south.