On to the Erie Canal

This is the Albany Yacht Club near downtown Albany, NY. You can see a Navy destroyer across the river.

The members of this yacht club take great care of the grounds.

Ahead is the first lock we have seen since March. We have “Locked Thru” 36 locks and have 60 more to go.

I’m lucky to have such a cute crew.

It’s time to make the decision on which canal you wish to traverse. Many loopers take the Champlain canal to the St Lawrence Seaway then on to Trenton Canada.

It was very tight docking the boat, we found the last space afterward people where then rafting off each other.

The boat Lucy started life as a Navy liberty launch taking sailors from Aircraft Carriers to land. The next part of its life was a fishing boat, the present owners are working on making it a cruiser.

Meet Fred and Charlene the owners of Lucy. Fred was a Navy P2V pilot in the 60’s he then flew for United until he retired.

You can rent one of these canal boats to tour the Erie Canal.

This is lock # 2 at Waterford, NY, once you enter the lock there is a flight of five locks to traverse upward totaling 150ft. On the right is where the mules would pull the barges along the canal.

We have seen many tugs along the canal system. Tomorrow’s direction will be due north towards the Oswego Canal and Lake Ontario.

The dogs in New York are very large