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More locks and more bad weather

June 10

We left St Johnsville at 8:50, and arrived at Lock 16. We locked through alone, rose 20 feet and were out by 9:24. We could see that there were 5 boats waiting to go through after us. We proceeded the 7 miles to Lock 17 in Little Falls,

this was a 40 foot rise. For this lock the gates instead of opening side ways, opens vertically so you get wet going into the lock as the water is dripping on you from the lock door.

We were out of this lock by 10:50. Some of the houses on the banks of the river here are quite close to the water.

We went another 5 miles and came to Lock 18, which was another 20 foot lift, we were through by 11:43.

We arrived at Ilion Village Marina at 12:30 and tied up.

We had made arrangements to meet Bonnie and Terry O’Bryan, who we had met in Myrtle Beach in March at a BBQ.

They took us shopping for provisions and showed us around the town. Remington rifles began here in 1816 and was the biggest employer in town. Guns are still made here today, there is also have a museum.

We went out to an Italian restaurant for supper- Great food, great evening!

June 11

Woke up this morning and it was overcast and then Surprise, Surprise it’s raining. Our plan for today is to go through lock 19 and 20, once the disturbance passes. We left the marina at 10:55, and headed down the canal, it was still raining a bit and misty.

We reached Lock 19 and were through it by 11:50.

We reached the city of Utica at about 12:30.

We were at Lock 20 in Whitesboro at 1:00, and through it by 1:20.

We then tied up to the south wall on the East side of the lock by 1:30.

This will be our second experience at staying at a lock wall, the first one was months ago on the Mississippi. We had arranged to meet Aaron MacLeod, a former co-worker from the CGC who had recently moved to New York state.

He drove us into Utica for supper and then took us to the Craft New York Brewers Festival, where there were beers of all kinds from at least 50 Craft Brewers.

Aaron oversees barley and malt analysis in Oneonta NY at Hartwick College, so he knew many of the participants. Andy and I wandered around and tried many samples,

not sure where they come up with some of the names for the brew.

We were back at the boat by 8:00, after going down some interesting streets in Utica. The river was calm and weather had greatly improved from this morning. There is a park on both sides of the lock, and still a number of people fishing.

Another great day in New York state with friends. We have promised Aaron, Erin and Ian a ride on our boat when they come to Winnipeg in 2017.

Plan for tomorrow is to try to get to Brewerton, which entails 2 locks and then 20 miles across Lake Oneida, I’m hoping it will be calm like it is right now.

The weather hasn’t been cooperating on the Erie Canal- what else is new!!

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JUNE 8

The Erie Canal begins at the junction with the Champlain Canal at Waterford, near the Federal Lock at Troy and runs west some 342 miles to the Niagara River near Buffalo. The Canal varies in character. Much of the eastern canal follows wide rivers, and much of the western canal is hand dug into a hillside with small picturesque towns. There are 34 locks and 15 lift bridges. We will be taking only the Eastern Erie Canal up to Lock 23 and then follow the Oswego Canal to enter into Lake Ontario.

Left at 8:00 and were in the first lock of the flight with 5 other boats, 3 which were loopers and 2 other Canadian sailboats, and a 50 foot power boat.

It was tight quarters and several of the boats were using thrusters in the lock to keep them against the wall, which made it difficult for some of us. There was a delay in this lock as several of the boats hadn’t bought their lock passes, so we didn’t get out of it until almost 9:00. Some of the locks had both ropes and cables, where you tied off mid ship on the cable, whereas others only had ropes. The ones with ropes were a little more difficult to hold tight to the wall as the wind was gusting at 20-30 knots. We were though Lock 6 at 10:40, we had only gone 2.2 miles in the 5 locks but had risen 169 feet in elevation. And made it through Lock 7 by 12:20.

Lock 8 at 2:10, Lock 9 at 3:10 and Lock 10 at 4:10. At this point we were exhausted from holding ropes – so called it quits and tied up at the Amsterdam River link Park at 4:30.

We met loopers, David and Claudia on Stillwater II, who had arrived earlier in the day.

Andy and I went to the restaurant at the marina for supper and met some of the Amsterdam Power Squadron members who were having a meeting. Should sleep well tonight, although there is a rail line very close to us- not sure how often the trains run. The wind is still gusting- so glad we are tied up securely.

June 9

Well I found out that through the night, trains come by about every hour and a half, and after 6 a.m. they come about every 20 minutes. We left the marina in Amsterdam at 7:40 and were through Lock 11 by 8:05.

This was a rope only lock and because we were by ourselves we went 2/3 of the way in and selected 2 ropes. We told the lock master about how difficult we had found it yesterday and he told us that with high winds he would never have allowed 6 boats in together.

We were through Tribes Hill lock 12 at 8:55, which was a rope and pipe lock. At about 9:20 a storm was blowing through with rain, so we tied up to a wall in the town of Fonda for about 40 minutes to let the storm pass, this is where the Henry Fonda clan is from. We made it through the Randal Lock 13 at 10:58. We continued down the Mohawk River and went through Canajoharie Lock 14 at 12:14. We were still locking alone, however the wind was gusting quite strongly and holding the ropes was becoming a chore. We decided to only do one more. On the approach to Lock 15, we saw this bridge was all cocooned up maybe it didn’t like the wind either!

We made it through Fort Plain Lock 15 by 12:50 and had contemplated tying up to the East side of the lock but the wind was brutal, so we continued on.

There was supposed to be a dock at mile 69.7, but it wasn’t there, so Andy called the St. Johnsville municipal marina.

We tied up there at 1:30. In 6 hours today we went a total of 31 miles it’s slow going in the Erie Canal!

An hour or two later, David and Claudia from Stillwater II joined us. We had docktails together after 5.

In the evening, a couple came and turned on the lighthouse which is nearby, which is dedicated to Bernie who was the harbour master here for many years.

I saw these wild flower and included them as they were purple.

View of the river at 5:45– calm with some fog, as it is only 42F here.

We are about a mile and ½ from the next lock, which we will tackle this morning, and then only 2 more ( one is a 40 foot lift and the other 20 ) today as our destination is Ilion.

Will be starting transit of the Erie Canal

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June 7

We slept fairly well in Duck Cove although a power boat went by at 12:30, and then we had rain and lightning at 3:30, followed by the trains starting up around 5:00. The boat near us was still being loaded.

It seems that on both sides of the Hudson along the shore there are train tracks, and we’ve seen lots of commuter/Amtrak trains.

We left our anchorage at 6:15 and continued up the Hudson. We crossed the Hwy 23 bridge just after 7:00, on our approach to Athens at 7:30 — not Greece, I noticed something strange on the train siding. It looked like grain hoppers.

Getting closer I took these pictures—grain cars belonging to the Government of Canada and Alberta. Wouldn’t have expected to see them here– maybe if I reported this I would get a finders fee– LOL

Athens had a lighthouse as well.

About an hour later I saw what may be a NY farm yard up on a hill.

We passed by several marinas and boat clubs.

There was a fair bit of debris in the water, some of it was very large logs.

By 11:00 we were approaching Albany, the state capital.

We continued on by 12:20, we were in the Troy Lock, which brought us up 14 feet.

A few miles farther and we came to this sign where people have to make the decision if they are going to continue on the Hudson to the Champlain Canal or take the Mohawk/ Erie Canal. We chose the Erie,

and tied up at the floating docks in Waterford. We reconnected with Darcy and Wally from Summertime, who we had fist met in Myrtle Beach. We also met Duane and Diane from Diva Di, who had passed us several times in the last few days.

We went for a walk to check out our first lock, and paid the NY Canal system fees. We watched a large boat come into the lock.

We then walked around town and did some shopping. In the evening we went to an Irish restaurant for supper. Andy visited with some of the other boaters. We plan to lock through at 8:00. The Waterford flight which is a series of 5 locks, that takes about 2 hours, not sure how far we will get today as there are many locks to go through.

Here’s the information on our first lock June 8th,

Andy said “Let’s get out of this concrete Jungle” Goodbye NYC

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Saw this cruise liner come into the harbor, late yesterday afternoon.

We had a storm blow through last night about 5:30, with high winds and rain of course, but it had started to clear off by 9:30.

Here’s the statue of Liberty at night.

We got up shortly after 5, and weighed anchor by 6. It was just as well as Andy had to maneuver around a lot of traffic, and it likely would have been worse if we had waited longer. There were all kinds of water taxis and ferries crossing the Hudson as well a tugs, barges and other pleasure craft.

It was still kind of foggy or smoggy in the big apple, but here’s some of my early morning pictures.

We reached the Highway 95 George Washington Bridge) at 7:40,

and were in Yonkers by 8:30,

and were in Tarry Town by 9:20, where they seem to be constructing a new bridge.

We moved into the Catskills, amazing scenery, so close to NYC.

You know I like lighthouses…here’s some that I found along or in the Hudson today all very different.

Our original destination was Kingston, which we reached at 3:20, we decided to go another 17 miles to an anchorage in Duck Cove, which we reached at 5:05. We are anchored about 1 mile away from where this boat is being unloaded.

Saw this tug go by about an hour ago– must be a span for a bridge.

Our distance for the day was about 110 miles, once we were out of NYC we rode the tide, at times going over 11.5 mph, which really helped. The temperature was in the mid to high 80’s Great Day for Cruising. Hope to get to Troy and the start of the New York Canal System tomorrow.

We’ve made it to New York City

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June 5, 2016

We left our anchorage at 5:45, and returned to the ICW, where we had to go through the 2 mile Point Pleasant Canal, which had two bridges.

At the exit of the canal was this marker,

and we entered the Manasquan River. We followed the river for about 3 miles going through two more bridge, one of which was the Breille Railway bridge.

and reached the Atlantic Ocean at 7:00.

We went out about 1 mile and followed the shoreline, it was overcast and foggy in places, definitely not as nice as yesterday.

We saw a whale, but no picture, as the photographer wasn’t ready. We think this was likely a whale watching tour boat.

We passed the Atlantic Highlands and rounded Sandy Hook at about 10:00.

On our approach to NY harbor and the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, we saw several ships entering the Ambrose Channel.

The captain stayed on the left hand side of the channel until we had no boats approaching and safely crossed over to the right hand side, just before reaching the bridge at 10:58. There were over 30 ships anchored in the channel waiting to be berthed.

By 11:30, the fog had lifted a little, and the rain had subsided so we were able to see the Statue of Liberty.

We made it to our anchorage, near the Statue of Liberty Park by noon, and here’s our view of Lady liberty from the anchorage.

Not sure what tomorrow will bring, it will depend on the weather, we may get Thunderstorms and more rain this afternoon.

Returned to Jersey and made some northern progress

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June 1

While I was away Andy took Dawn and her partner Stan, for a cruise through Great Egg Harbour, as far as Margate, and then returned to the Marina for a BBQ. He also did some work on the railings and did some shopping as well as picked up my computer.

June 3- return trip to Philadelphia

Yesterday was my travel day back to New Jersey, and it didn’t go as planned. I had stayed at the house Thursday night, didn’t sleep well as I had a cab picking me up before 6 to get me to the Winnipeg airport for 6:30 for my 7:50 flight. The day started out great. We boarded the plane at 7:25, pulled away from the gate, and then the captain came on saying there was a fuel guage issue. We waited around for maintenance to come, and by 8:45 were told that we had to go back to the gate. At about 915 we deplaned, with anticipation of a revised departure at 11:00. We were each given a $10 voucher, and they began rebooking flights as over 30 people had connections in Toronto that they wouldn’t make. I made Andy and Dawn aware of my delay. We departed at about 11:20, and arrived in Toronto at 3:15 EST. My new flight wasn’t scheduled to board until 4:20, with a 4:50 departure. I only had my carry on bag and computer bag. American Security had problems—a glass door to enter Gate F, was not working, so we waited about 15 minutes, until finally the Canadian Customs officers, allowed about 40-50 people go through their door to get into the USA space- which was bedlam. I had been warned about this fiasco by my coworker Veronique, as she had issues about 2 weeks earlier. We had to line up in order to put all luggage through the scanners. If your departure time was before 4:30- they sent you to a shorter line. There were likely 150 people ahead of me. I finally reached the scanners and had to take off our shoes—both my knees are still bothering me- so this was no easy task. We then went and scanned our passports and met with an Agent. This entire process took about an hour- so I made it to my gate by 4:30. This was OK- because our plane didn’t show up at the gate until about 4:50. We waited for it to deplane, and then boarded, with a revised 5:15 departure, which in fact became a 5:45 departure- because of a delay caused by weather in Philadelphia .

Arrived in Philli, shortly after 7pm, and Dawn found me quite quickly, we were in the car by about 7:20 headed for a restaurant by the marina. Had a nice dinner with Dawn & Stan, and then they drove us to the marina at about 9:45. Very long Day for me! Happy to be back in my boat bed, but had trouble sleeping as I couldn’t get comfortable because of my knees.

June 4

We got up shortly after 5, and departed All Season’s marina by 6 a.m.

We passed under the Ocean City bridge,

once we got to the Great Egg Harbour inlet, we went outside into the Atlantic for an hour, there were swells, but no large waves or wind.

We re-entered the ICW through Abescon inlet near Atlantic City at 8:04- Here are several pictures of the Casinos in AC- not all of them are operational.

Once we got back into the ICW , we proceeded another 2 hours to Beach Haven Yacht club, and filled our diesel and water tanks. We continued on and reached Barnegat Bay around 1:00. It’s a gorgeous day, so lots of fishing boats out, crab traps too.

We also came across a sailing regatta near Surf City.

We passed though the Bayshore bridge at about 2:20,

here’s some of the houses along the ICW.

Looking down this road you can see the sand on the Atlantic beaches, so it gives you a perspective of the distance between the ICW and ocean in New Jersey.

After traveling 80 miles, we ended up anchoring at 3:55 , about 3 miles up the Metedeconk River Hopefully we are out of the path of storm “Bonnie”.

There’s been a fair bit of rocking and waves, as it is such a nice day and everyone is out in their boats- this should die down at dark, and once the rain comes.

This pirate ship came by after we were anchored.

My trip home for Eastern Star Believe Grand Session

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May 26- June 2

The trip home to Winnipeg started out great, Dawn picked me up before 7 am to take me to the Philadelphia airport, and I was checked in, through security and at my gate by 8:30. There had been recent stories that you needed at least 2 hours to get through security but I took less than 10 minutes. My first flight left on time and we actually arrived in Minneapolis 25 minutes early—that’s never happened to me before. The next flight left Minneapolis at 3:20 destined for Kansas City, and here’s where the perfect flying day began to unravel. Approximately 15 minutes before we were due to land the pilot announced there was a tornado near KC airport, and we were being diverted to St. Louis. Just before landing there, he announced that one of our engines had been shut down. On our approach down the runway we were escorted by 4 fire trucks—I guess in case we didn’t stop in time. We deplaned, and began the wait for the next flight. Our current plane was inoperable until maintenance did repairs. So we waited. About an hour later, we were told that a plane arriving at 9:30 would be available to take us to KC. Delta provided us with snacks, water and ordered about 60 large pizzas to feed us. I called the Kelly’s who were waiting for me in KC-they had been sent to the Tornado shelter at the airport. They were going to go to out for supper and then to their hotel to wait. At 10:20 when we were suppose to depart on our new flight, we were just starting to board. We then had a number of other delays the first was that the number of passengers on the plane didn’t match – so the flight crew had to do a physical count. The next 3 delays were weather related—a thunderstorm had surrounded the St. Louis airport, so the ground crew were sent inside, next the flight plan had to be changed and uploaded onto the plane’s computer and when this was complete the ground crew was once again shuffled inside because of the storm. Finally at about 11:30 we started to pull away from our gate, and were in the air before midnight.

We finally arrived in KC at about 1:00, over 8 hours late a long travel day! Robert Kelly was a very welcomed site at the airport, He took me to the hotel where he provided me with dinner from the Outback Steakhouse. I slept a few hours, and left the hotel in my car and headed north up I-29 for the Canadian border, which I reached at about 6:30. I was at my house in Winnipeg, shortly after 8 pm—another long day. My tenants were gone for the weekend and had graciously allowed me to stay at the house where I had to search for the things I required for Grand Session, which I had packed away some 7 months earlier—Do you think I could remember what box I had packed them in?

On Saturday, I started on a list of errands that needed to be attended while in Winnipeg. In the evening I went to Erin and Jason’s to share some of the gifts had been collecting along the trip for them and especially the pirate’s booty for Jack.

Once at home, I had a short visit with our neighbours, Dave and April.

Sunday morning, I had to be at the Canad Inn for a 9:00 breakfast and then practices. Wasn’t able to check into my hotel room until after 1:00 . Shirley Gibson, my page/personal assistance for the session went out for lunch and took the third member of the team—my baton along with us.

Sunday night was the Church service we three, went out for drinks dressed alike.

Monday was more practices in the, morning, followed by lunch where I saw my Missouri friends and members from my former chapter.

The afternoon and evening consisted of the informal and formal openings. Lots of marching, and it was a late night almost 10:30 by the time the last introduction was done. Tuesday was the business, the memorial service, elections and more eating we pulled apart ticket books for an upcoming raffle that evening

Head table at the banquet.

Wednesday brought the recognition of 50 year plus members—three of the members had actually first joined OES in Washakada chapter, which was the chapter that was in my home town- Swan River. At the Teddy Bear’s Picnic lunch, I finally got to sit with the Kelly’s and visit. Wednesday afternoon was the farewell speeches

and in the evening was the installation of officers and I had the duty of being the installing Marshal, reciting the memory work that I first started learning while travellng down the Tennessee River back in November.

All the walking /marching had done a number on my left knee and by Monday afternoon it was starting to bother me, I purchased a brace and wore it for practice and will wear it for the installation as well.

The installation went fairly smooth, and then my duties were finally finished and I could celebrate by having a few drinks. On Thursday I spent a few hours at work and then did some errands, laundry and repacked for my trip back to New Jersey. Had supper with my tenants, and had a visit with the neighbors. Will be flying tomorrow morning to Philadelphia via Toronto.

South Jersey Shores

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May 22-25

The rainy and windy weather continues in New Jersey, so we sit in the boat and catch up on our reading.

On Sunday we found a laundry, as well as something else that is familiar to us – a TD bank, they seem to be everywhere.

In the afternoon we drove up to May’s Landing,

to meet Dawn and Helen for supper.

On Monday we went to the computer repair store for it’s opening at 9:00, I was told my computer has a memory card and battery issue, but my hard drive is fine. I had brought a memory stick and made a backup of my pictures and documents. The battery had to be ordered so it would be 3 or more days before the computer is fixed. For my trip to Winnipeg, I will take Andy’s, as he is able to get emails on the tablet, and once my computer is fixed, he will have it to use. We returned the car and got a ride back to the boat. At 10:30, we got a call from Rafe, he was approaching our marina on the NJ ICW and hadn’t encountered any shallow water as yet—his draft is 3 feet.

For the remainder of the day and on Tuesday, I tried to figure out what I would be taking back to Winnipeg, and started packing. Andy is working on a project of sanding and re-staining with Cetol the Teak railings, as they have become beaten up in places, as we’ve rubbed against docks and poles.

On Thursday morning, Dawn is going to pick me up before 7:00 and drive me to Philadelphia to catch my plane which is taking me to Kansas City via Minneapolis. Robert and Debora Kelly will pick me up at the airport in KC with our car (they’ve had it since November). We will spend the night there and then travel North to Canada. I think it is a 12 hour drive, and I’m hoping to make it home Friday night. I’ll stay a couple nights at my house, visit with some friends and then will check into the Canad Inn for our Eastern Star Grand Session. Thank goodness for our Star connections- it is star members- Dawn, Robert and Debora, that are assisting me in my trip home.

Now an update on the weather—we’ve had a month of rain, and yes it did rain yesterday as well, and was windy.

However today is suppose to be about 30 and remain that way for the rest of the week —hard to believe after all these days in the low double digits, I checked the Winnipeg forecast—rain and thunderstorms are predicted with highs in the 20’s. I’m use to the rain- will I be able to handle the heat?

There may not be another post until I return on June 3^rd, although the Captain may surprise us all and post something. Hope my sister Heather has a great birthday today.

T’was a great day on Delaware Bay and now in rainy New Jersey

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May 20th

According to the waterway guide the waters of Delaware Bay are considered to by many boaters to be rough, tedious and inhospitable. The bay is notorious for building up short, choppy seas quickly and creating rough weather than local reports indicate.

Thankfully none of this happened on Friday. As Tim from the marina had indicated we would have the perfect day if we timed our trip to be in Cape May before 3:00.

We left Delaware City marina at 8:00,following Richard and Jo Ann on l’intemporel

and proceeded out of the channel and into the Delaware River. It was a about a 52 mile run to the Cape May canal. Initially we were running against the tide, we passed the Salem Nuclear Power plant at 9:15.

We reached the Ship John shoal light at 11:10.

We ran outside of the shipping channel for most of the trip and the seas were calm, with few waves or swells. There was some turbulence when we met or were passed by one of these large ships.

At 12:45 we reached the Miah Maull Shoal light, at this point we started a course towards

the Cape May canal which was still about 15 miles away. We reached the inlet at 2:30, the water was starting to become a little wavy caused by the wind and change in tidal direction. There was a dredge at the mouth of the canal and the ferry boat was almost ready to depart

we contacted both of them for instructions and proceeded into the canal. We reached the Cape May harbour around 3:00 and anchored off the Coast Guard station.

Andy looked at the charts and tide tables and realized that low tide in the harbour was at 1:30 and if we waited about 40 minutes we would have a rising tide and could proceed farther into New Jersey We weighed anchor at 3:45 and started the windy trip through creeks and bays.

We reached Wildwood at 4:30 and the next inlet (Hereford) from the Atlantic, which gave us a boost in speed for a short time. We reached Stone Harbour at 5:06,

where we had originally thought we would anchor, we decided to continue on while we had the rising tidal effects. We requested the 11 foot bridge to be opened, and got through it quickly, but the bridge tender seemed to have an issue putting it back down.

We passed through Avalon and a second inlet (Townsends) at 6:00, we went though Sea Island Bridge at 6:24 and then on to Strathmere and the Corson Inlet. We passed under the Peck Beach Bridge at 7:30 and reached All Season’s Marina in Marmora NJ on the other side. Since we were early and not expected until the morning, we tied up on the fuel dock for the night. It was not dark yet nor raining– a great day, we pushed it traveling 96 miles for the day- but we were secured before the predicted bad weather moved in.

May 21st

The day didn’t start out well, my computer locked up and I wasn’t able to use it at all- not sure what the problem is.

After 8:00, we got our slip assignment and moved the boat to F16, where it will stay until June 4th. I am flying home on May 26th for a week, for the Manitoba Eastern Star Grand Session, returning June 3rd. We rented a car for the remainder of the weekend, and took my computer into a nearby computer shop an assessment hopefully will get it back on Monday. We then did some shopping and found a Verizon store to buy more time for our Mi-Fi, as the marina doesn’t have Wi-fi. We contacted Dawn who was a Grand Representative to Manitoba a few years ago (Helen Lipsey’s counterpart) and will meet up with her tomorrow– she is going to be driving me to Philadelphia airport on Thursday.

We then drove to Cape May to visit with Rafe, who was there waiting out the weather yes it is raining and the winds are blowing making water travel impossible.

We went for ice cream, and then supper, watched the Belmont stakes horse race, and then had dessert.

We returned to the marina, the wind was still howling and the rain was still falling.

May 22nd

We will be off to find a laundry mat, as there is no laundry at this marina, and will meet Dawn later in the day.

Stepping out in Delaware

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May 18, 19

We left our anchorage at 9:00 and headed back down the Sassafras River to the Bay. Coming down the river we came across what is termed a fish trap, on the charts. Not sure how it works but the birds were watching and waiting.

We turned north at 9:56 and followed the channel into Elk River. Here’s one of the many lights along the river

and here are the range marker lights for Back Creek directing us towards Chesapeake City and the start of the Canal.

We arrived at the Chesapeake City bridge at noon,

we had originally thought we would tie up at the free city dock, however there wasn’t enough water < 4 feet so we move south in the anchorage basin

and dropped the hook next to a boat called Heaven Scent. We relaxed for the remainder of the day. At about 8:00 we had our recurring weather phenomena—a rain shower.

May 19

In the morning we weighed anchor at 8:25 and proceeded into the 14 mile Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.

We passed under 6 bridges

and met two barges. Not sure what this tow was hauling.

We exited the C&D canal at 10:30, and made out way up the Bulkhead shoal channel and then into the Delaware City Branch channel where the marina was located.

We have set foot in our next state Delaware, and will stay the night, so we can explore the town. We have now gone over 5500 miles on this adventure.

We went downtown for a late lunch at Crabby Dick’s

and then ice cream

and checked out a number of stores.

We saw this diver’s bell in the park,

and this iris bed of a favourite colour of mine

Also saw this restaurant and the sign says it all!

We returned to the boat so that we could attend the 5:15 briefing on Delaware Bay travel for tomorrow. Two other couples at the briefing were Canadians 1 from Quebec and 1(Jim and Wendy) from Clear Lake Ontario- who are harbour hosts on the Trent Severn Waterway.

Tim telling us about currents, wind direction and wave heights.

Onward to New Jersey tomorrow! Hope my Mom has a great birthday!

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More locks and more bad weather

The weather hasn’t been cooperating on the Erie Canal- what else is new!!

Will be starting transit of the Erie Canal

Andy said “Let’s get out of this concrete Jungle” Goodbye NYC

We’ve made it to New York City

Returned to Jersey and made some northern progress

My trip home for Eastern Star Believe Grand Session

South Jersey Shores

T’was a great day on Delaware Bay and now in rainy New Jersey

Stepping out in Delaware