Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Made it to Brewerton, NY and over half way through the canal. Cause to celebrate even with more rain and snow in the forecast. We left Lyons, NY at 7:20 am and tied up at Brewerton at 6:30-made 75 miles today. We will be crossing Lake Oneida tomorrow- about 2 hours to cross. We traveled 0ver the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and saw some large blue Heron and other birds which we could not identify. Went through several locks which carried us "down" and the last lock today-lock 23 was the first lock which "lifted us up"about 12 feet. We continued to have high praises for the lockmasters as they have local knowledge of docking situations as well as marinas which carry dieseal fuel. We had some company on the Erie Canal today- several large cruisers and a ferry pulling a barge. The fall scenery was beautiful but it was very overcaste so we did not take alot of pictures today. More tomorrow!! Thanks for the comments!

Just leaving lock 26 behind us.

The tug Syracuse kind enough to let us pass through the lock before he entered with his tow below.