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| Bicki Clears an Accumulation of Water Weeds from Near the Propeller. During this Morning's Engine Check I Found the Raw Water Strainer Half Full of Grass |
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| Sometimes the Water is so Calm That it's Hard to Tell where the Water Ends and the Trees Begin |
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| The Original Erie Canal had Two Aqueducts. Who Knew? Pictured Above is the Richmond Aqueduct. It Once Carried Packet Boats Over the Seneca River. When the Canal was Enlarged the Aqueducts were Abandoned. (Photo Credit Montezuma Heritage Park) |
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| Cruising isn't for Everyone. You need Grit, Stamina, Nerves of Steel and, Most Importantly, You Need to Know when to Relax :-) |
Yesterday I wrote about how easy it is to cruise the Erie Canal. Nathaniel Hawthorne's,
"The Canal", which first appeared in New-England Magazine, December, 1835, makes the same observation, but says it oh, so much better. I heartily recommend Hawthorne's entire article to you.
Bound to a distant port, we had neither chart nor compass, nor cared about the wind, nor felt the heaving of a billow, nor dreaded shipwreck, however fierce the tempest, in our adventurous navigation of an interminable mud-puddle -- for a mud-puddle it seemed, and as dark and turbid as if every kennel in the land paid contribution to it.
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| Thunderstorms can be a Welcome Event. Especially when it's 100°F when they Roll In |
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| 37 Miles from Seneca Falls, NY to Baldwinsville, NY |
We didn't see many cruisers moving about today. In our imaginations they were huddled below decks enjoying their air conditioning loathe to give up the scarce, shoreside power outlets which made the comfort possible. Luckily, upon arrival in Baldwinsville, there was a single spot on the wall with the coveted power pedestal. DBH
