Mechanicville Terminal free dock, Mechanicville, New York: June 11, 2021
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Our destination for today. We did a short travel day of sorts but we started at 06:00 and ended at 13:00.
The literal fork in the road when you decide if you are going West or North.
We decided on going North to Lake Champlain.
Marc- We left Shady Harbor early and had an uneventful trip up to Troy and the Federal Lock. Fortunately for us two boats had been waiting to go North and we just joined in finding plenty of space in the lock. There was quite a bit of turbulence going up but Steph and I both held on and did fine. Several miles later we came to the Erie Canal cutoff and we saw some of our fellow Loopers tied to the wall. We followed a Canadian powerboat head up the Champlain route. Locks 1 and 2 were a breeze with lines hanging down the lock walls and less disturbance when filling each lock with water. The Champlain Canal locks fill from the center and push the boats over to the wall (except for Lock 12). Mechanicville was an easy tie up with electric and very clean bathrooms and showers. Steph and I walked up Main Street a short way to the Price Shopper supermarket and returned with a stop at O'Reilly's Auto Parts.
Steph is working on another internship application and I have been doing boat projects (they never end).
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