corkscrew cruising

6/14 thru 6/21/17......The Dreaded Erie Canal

I didn't know that I dreaded the canal at the time; but I do now. I cannot imagine anyone doing this trip twice

Fort Henry in Kingston, Ontario

Pic when leaving Clayton, NY

Hanging out in front of his favorite ice cream shop

Awesome museum

Sonny loved seeing this....

Upper floor of Boldt Castle

Boldt Castle's boathouse, water was so high we couldn't tour it

if you take this direction.................... maybe when I forget just how much I disliked it! We have a 160 mile trip to the Oswego Canal and 22 locks. The first day was 39 miles and 9 locks to Amsterdam. NY. The marina wall we tied up to is nice, it's at a park area and has a restaurant. We had no power again, for some reason the power poles wouldn't work for us. We left early the next morning for a 41 mile trip and 7 locks to Little Falls Canal Harbor. The next day is 49 miles, & 5 locks to Sylvan Beach. Rain rain rain.......... The next morning is 22 miles to Ess-Kay Marina in Bremerton, NY. We used their courtesy van (no air conditioning, and it was HOT) to go to Wal-Mart and Post Office. The next morning was another 32 miles and 7 locks to Oswego. We will tie up to a free wall while storms move through that afternoon. The next morning we were in the next lock @ 7am, then stopped for fuel before crossing Lake Ontario, then the St. Lawrence River. We traveled 64 miles to Clayton Harbor Marina in Clayton, NY. While here we caught a ferry and toured The 1000 Islands, and Boldt Castle. The scenery is wonderful..............
When we leave here we will enter Canada. Wish I knew why my wording is separating when I insert pics......................wish I knew how to insert a sad face.............................

5/12 thru 6/1/17

Now we are heading to Bohemia Bay, 43 miles and still funky weather. But this stop is a great one because we meet up with our friends Foster and Susan on Quo Vadimus. We met them three years ago when we started our trip bringing the boat home from Holland, Mi.....We stayed here for 5 days, visited with them, and used their vehicle for reprovisioning.

When we left here, we had a short run to Delaware City Marina where we only stayed one night and Foster & Susan drove there to take us out to dinner again plus give us a tour of Chesapeake City.

The next day we have a smooth 61 mile ride down Delaware Bay, I say smooth because it can be a treacherous body of water. We are on our way to Cape May, NJ. We will leave the boat here for a couple weeks at Utsch's Marina while we travel home for granddaughter Molly's graduation from Greenwood High School in Bowling Green, Ky. Our plans were to leave it in Atlantic City but the weather did not allow that.....
blogger decided to not upload photos, so i'll have to add them later.

Foster n Susan

The Bayard House for dinner

Bayard House pic from waterside

Bank, Town Hall, now Jewelry Store

Cute house.....

General Store

Delaware City Marina is a long dock

A tow actually pulling a barge!!

Chesapeake City

Pic of screen showing depths and our boat as it moves thru canal

The Lobster House

Lighthouse in Cape May

Section of fort still on beach

A great chili dog on a cold, rainy day

Going home (Ky) thru Lexington, view of castle

Marena n Rabbit

NJ; Cape May on southern tip

My mom n Marena

My bro Jeff w/Marena

6/8 thru 6/12/17

Beautiful day for a 57 mile ride on up the Hudson River to Kingston, New York. We will tie up to a rickety dock (it's free as long as we eat at their restaurant; not a problem!) The name is Ole Savannah Southern Table & Bar...........the town is a neat little place on the waterfront and on a steep hill! The next day is a short 41 mile trip to Shady Harbor Marina. We will be here 4 days, having a stand built to hold our mast (we are too tall with it up to clear the upcoming bridges); also the marina will be having cookouts Saturday and Sunday. There are 17 looper boats here. There is nothing close to the marina to walk to except for a restaurant on site. But they kept us entertained the whole weekend, and the staff were the nicest people. Four days later we had a short trip, 25 miles, to Waterford, NY.........We stayed on their town wall without power, so we used the generator when necessary. Walked to an Irish Pub for dinner with the crew of Shell Belle and Seascape. Tomorrow we will enter Lock #1 of the Erie Canal.