Onward to Phoenix... New York

We did another 6 locks and 83 miles today on our way to Phoenix, NY. Today was almost all no wake speed of 10mph with the exception of Oneida Lake. We were off the dock in Little Falls at 7:30 this morning and waiting at lock #18 at 8:00am when they opened. We finished on the Oswego Canal at lock #1 in Phoenix, NY.

While the day was great and the weather almost perfect, it was sad that Ray had to head back to Detroit today. He has a commitment on Friday to take his son and some buddies on his boat to Put-In-Bay on Lake Erie for the weekend before heading back to college. Ray was a great asset on this trip and we had a ton of good times and laughs over the past 7 days. I can't begin to thank him enough for his help and friendship through the years.

Tomorrow morning the owners, Greg & Bonnie Hewitt will jump back on board and finish the trip with me from Phoenix to Buffalo. We will complete the Oswego Canal in the morning and then head across Lake Ontario to the Welland Canal on Thursday. On Friday we will transit the Welland and continue on to Buffalo and finish the trip. A few pictures from today.


A great start to the day.


Lock #19 on the Erie Canal.


Lock #20


We had been locking "Up" all the way, this was the first lock where we started heading back down.


Lock #23. One of the nicest on the Canal.




Tied up the small town of Phoenix, NY. Just a beautiful day to be on a boat in Middle America.