Today I visited the Panama Canal with my friends at the Miraflores Locks visitor center. We watched as the special guide trains pull one ship through the locks, they are the shiny metal cars along the edge of the canal. The docent said that the water already left so we missed the shift from higher to lower water for that ship. After waiting a bit longer there was another ship going through. They say on average they can have 42 ships a day and they are active 24 hours a day 365 days a year.
There is a short video and a museum at the visitor center that explains how the canal was made and how it works. An announcer was describing what was happening as spectators watched in English and Spanish. In the museum they also had a section about the wildlife in the canal watershed (see turtle). The canal is rather amazing place to visit and for people to watch and learn about the canal. Continuing the Panama adventure, Meet Me Outdoors.
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