Waterford Visitors Center Docks, Waterford , NY
Marc- We are well tied up just below Lock 2 of the Erie Canal right across from a statue of the most famous mule named "Sal." Sal was made famous by the Erie Canal song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roqhd3yG3Qk
This involves just a slight detour from the Champlain route and we get free docks with electricity ($10) and hot showers, Today started with breakfast at the Old Fort Diner in Fort Edward. Two sisters run the place and the food is terrific at a fair price, When we returned to the boat a NY Canal man came over to tell us that Lock 6 had been fixed and it was safe to leave. At 09:10 we dropped our lines and headed downstream on the Hudson River with a favorable 1/2 knot to 1 knot current at times. The River wound its was through farmland without the backdrop of mountains that we enjoy in Vermont on Lake Champlain. We came to several towns and tried to stop for fuel but they closed at 15:00 and we were 20 minutes late. Fuel can wait for tomorrow.
We arrived at Waterford at 16:30 without any problems. This is the intersection of the Champlain and Erie Canals. We are now officially out of the Champlain Canal. The Visitor Center Staff were welcoming and had suggestions for where to walk around town and where to get breakfast tomorrow, We made our way to Hannaford's Supermarket for the essential ice cream. The local ice cream parlor in town has become a Laundromat... more practical I suppose but really? The kept the original name: "The Ice Cream Parlor Laundromat".
Sue and I ate dinner on the air conditioned boat (it was 85 degrees outside in the sun) and then went walking around town. We checked the boats on the dock with us, The dock is full with about 1/3 sail and 2/3 power boats. One sailboat was heading North to Detroit for the winter (brrr) from the US Virgin Islands. A rather new looking red Beneteau 53 footer was heading for Montreal, Canada. What a boat! This really is a crossroads.
1 comment:
Nice pictures Marc! Don't remember Sal from last time I was there. Probably best you stayed put on Monday, very big wind here on the lake. Say hi to Sue!
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