Today broke with the weather overcast and misty. We had planned to cover just under 40 miles today and waited to start until we had one of Marty's famous breakfasts - omlettes!
Our travel today was mainly on the Mohawk River portion of the canal system. The locks operate along side the dams like the one shown here.
We take turns piloting the boat into the locks, to hone our skills.
After yesterday's drenching during one of our final locks, Jerry finally got the message and donned his foul weather jacket. HA - the rain never came.......
With the cooler damp weather today, all of the piloting was done from the pilothouse. Marty readily adapted to this routine of navigating.
For people looking for a way to see the Erie Canal, here are some of the canal boats that you can charter. This appeared to be a group of people out for a great vacation, as they had five boats in their flottila.
We are enjoying the sound of the dam off our stern tonight, as we are tied to the wall just below Lock 8. Today turned out to a relatively easy day as we did just 6 locks. The temps are getting cooler -63 degrees at 8:00 p.m. - we are looking forward to good sleeping weather tonight. We need our rest as tomorrow is the big day when we do the 'Flight of Five' locks to wrap up the canal. These five locks are all within a mile and drop us over 140 feet to the Hudson. Once you start into the locks you have to go all the way through.
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