Day #345 - Brewerton, NY
Saturday, July 11th, 2009 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »We left Sylvan Beach this morning at 7:00. It was a hopping place. We had a 20 mile journey across Oneida Lake. It can be rough when the winds pick up and the weather was expected to turn as the day ...
Day #344 - Sylvan Beach, NY
Friday, July 10th, 2009 Posted in General Updates | 1 Comment »This was one of the nicer weather days we have had in a long time. Not a cloud in the sky and 80 degrees. Even each lockmaster commented on the weather. Each and every one along the way has been ...
Day #343 - Little Falls, NY
Thursday, July 9th, 2009 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »Last night we decided to go to one of the restaurants in town for dinner. They sent a driver to pick us up which was very nice. Brad became immediate friends with him. Patti found her own friends. This morning was spent ...
Day #342 - Little Falls, NY
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »This morning we woke to what looks like ice flows/glaciers going by the boat. Glad to report they were only piles of foam. Today we traveled a total of forty miles and worked through seven more locks. It only rained on us ...
Day #341 - Amsterdam, NY
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 Posted in General Updates | 1 Comment »Well, today was the day we have known loomed ahead of us. We took the extra day to relax yesterday as today was 40+ miles and ten locks. We left for Lock #2 at 8:00 with Salvage Crew leading the ...
Day #340 - Waterford, NY
Monday, July 6th, 2009 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »The 7th Annual Steamboat Meet is officially over as the last boat pulled out of the harbor, steam rolling and tooting his horn. This sign sits under a bridge next to the town docks. At first glance it appears to upside ...
Day #339 - Waterford, NY
Sunday, July 5th, 2009 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »We Left Catskill this morning at 8:00. It was our first full sunny day in quite some time. We are hoping we are back in our "good weather bubble again." High 79 and low humidity. Ahhhh. Right away we passed another ...
Day #338 - Catskill, NY
Saturday, July 4th, 2009 Posted in General Updates | 1 Comment »Happy 4th of July! How lucky we are to be in a beautiful, free country! This land was purchased from the Indians in 1682 and the town of Catskill was established in 1788. Norfolk, VA had their mermaids and Oriental, NC had dragons. Catskill ...
Day #337 - Catskill, NY
Friday, July 3rd, 2009 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »We left Kingston at 9:00 since we were only traveling 22 miles today to Catskill. This old tug sits on the shore in Kingston as you pass by. As we travel up the Hudson River the Catskill Mountains begin to appear ...
Day #336 - Kingston, NY
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 Posted in General Updates | No Comments »It was kind of a quite day on our adventure. We were actually all ready for a "kick-back" day as we have been on the run pretty hard for the past week or so. We returned the rental car, did ...
