We awoke to rain, cold, and gray. But, we left Schenectady Yacht Club at 7:45 anyway. It rained off and on all day, but never hard enough to send John to the lower station to drive. Yesterday when we were in Lock #2 (the first lock on the Erie Canal), we bought a ten day pass for the canals for $50.00. We can always buy another two day or ten day pass if we need to, but maybe ten days will be all we need. Today we locked through Lock #8 which was just ropes hanging down. We had no problem with that. We locked through Lock #9, #10, #11, #12, and #13. When we got to Lock #10, we had to wait briefly and for the first time. While in that lock, I was holding the front rope and John was holding the back rope. The lockmaster came over to see our canal pass. While he was standing there, John's rope came untied from the wall. Fortunately, the lockmaster was right there and retied it and pushed the front of the boat away from the wall for me. He was a very nice man. When we got to Lock #13, there was a terrific current just as we got to the lock. John adjusted and the lockmaster gave him a thumbs up.
Every lock we've seen so far has had barges and cranes around them doing work. You can still see some of the damage from Hurricane Irene from last year. From what we've heard the New York Canal Corporation is running out of money. It's amazing they have things as together as they do.
We arrived at the Canajoharie Free Dock in front of Riverside Park at 2:45 P.M. After we were situated and sitting on the aft deck playing cards, along came the boat "Tarquin" with Eddie and Sandi on board. We met them at Waterford when we were there. We helped them get tied up and then decided to walk across the bridge to a Stewart's Shop for a banana split. I can't even remember the last time I had a banana split and this one was wonderful. We walked back to the boat and made dinner. Just a little backwards. Oh well.
The sky this morning.
We passed the man doing the loop in the canoe this afternoon.
Beautiful scenery.
Amtrak train that runs right next to the canal and right next to where we are docked tonight.
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