CODA New York 2025 (24).

CODA : Exploring the Waterford area.

21 May 2025 

Waterford Visitors Center free docks, Waterford, Erie Canal, New York 

Sal the mule is back from his winter hiding place. 

(The elementary school kids lobbied heavily for his return.)

Marc-  The sun peeked out early this morning to start warming things up here but it didn't last.  It was long enough for me to finish cleaning and putting one coat of polyurethane finish on my teak gunwale.

The clouds moved in but the rain held off all day.  I took out our bikes and went riding on the Empire Bike Trail that goes from Albany to Buffalo.  I so much wanted to see Niagara Falls again but that's 350 miles away.  My boat neighbor Benoit and I biked out about 10 miles to a park on the Mohawk River then returned when I received a call that we needed to move our boat for a tugboat.  A second call ten minutes later spelled relief since the tugboat operator changed his plans.  We did visit the Harmony Mills (textile factories that Armand had showed me a few days ago) and the impressive Cohoes Falls.

We returned just in time to get Vermont friends Fred and Dorothy settled in as the now empty tugboat spot on the wall.  We will get together for dinner tonight.  Our total miles was about 25.

A Mastodon was found here when building this textile mill.  The Mastadon is now at the New York State Museum in Albany.  I went to visit this museum with the Sara Lou and Stephanie when we were here about 18 years ago.

Benoit on the Empire Bike Path.

Champlain Canal buoys coming down for installation.

All of the buoys should be installed in the next three days (they work long hours).