Waterford
Waterford- everything after this is from 2009Tuesday 29 September 2009Cleaning and catching up day today. The surprise was that as we were eating lunch I looked up and here was a really big canal boat (about 65′) that looked like it was about to hit us…
Friends and Family
Friends and Family Tuesday 15 SeptemberNice slow day down the canal. Cool and clear (mostly). Arrived in Pittsford early and tied up next to a large collection of Duck poop. There were several hundred ducks on the lock wall when we arrived. Found out t…
Lakes End
Lake’s EndIf you saw the last pictures I never mentioned the Green Goo. Going to Erie we came to this green goo. It looked as if it were green food dye in the water. As you could see from one of the pictures it stretched for about two miles. It was som…
Wind and Waves
Thursday, August 20Looked calm this morning. Weather Guessers thought the waves would not build until afternoon and the wind would be 10-15 out of the south. As with most weather predictions on the lakes this one was wrong also.When we go out on to the…
You Have got to Believe
The charts and engineers that is. When the bridge heights are only inches above your boat height it looks really scary. The first really low bridge we slowed way down to double check the clearance. I stood at the doorway and reached up and smacked the …
Schenectady to Chicago
Thursday, May 6 — Day 13: Schenectady, New York, USA to Sarnia, Ontario, Canada Historic Schenectady The Eerie Canal Niagara Falls, the most powerful waterfalls in North America, located in Niagara Falls, New York. The Cave of the Winds attraction at Niagara Falls. Don’t let the name fool you. There is no cave – the […]
Adventure N-62 Hull 22 2010-06-06 06:51:00
May 28, 2010Dracula made plans to take us on a taxi sightseeing tour of Panama. Our first stop was the Colon Free trade zone (C.F.Z.) The C.F.Z. is a gigantic entity at the Atlantic gateway to the Panama Canal. It is dedicated to re-export an enormous …
Adventure N-62 Hull 22 2010-06-06 05:20:00
We arrived at the Atlantic side breakwater entrance took a hard right and made way for Sunset Bay Marina. The marina is very nice. Service on the other hand is extremely slow, almost nonexistent.
Adventure N-62 Hull 22 2010-06-06 05:06:00
Approaching the canal can be a little intimidating when one looks at the number and size of the ships awaiting passage.
