We hit another couple of milestones yesterday as we traveled up the Hudson, past Albany which is pictured behind the several large ocean going ships. It’s amazing to see these huge ships traveling over a hundred miles up the Hudson River to deliver or pickup their cargo. When we reached Troy, AWEIGH turned left into the Erie Canal and started west for the first time. The other milestone was the fact that we now have left salt and tidal waters for the first time.
After passing through the first lock, we found a seawall and tied the boat up for the night, using our own power and water. The weather has been almost chilly at night and in the early morning or are we just getting further north.
We pushed away from the seawall and headed into a series of locks this morning. Locks one through six are all right together and each is a deep lock which raised us up about 34 ft. each, for a total of over two hundred feet. We struggled with the procedure and the slimy walls of the lock. Going into a lock about four stories high with turbulent water and wet stone or concrete walls and trying to grab a slime covered rope to hold the boat is a real challenge. Judy was not a happy camper and used rubber gloves, but it is hard to hold the boat and keep it from banging against the walls of the lock as the let the water in to flood the lock.
After a day of ten locks and 10 mile per hour speed limit, we landed in Amsterdam, New York, again against a seawall with no electric power or pump out facilities available. Oh well, it’s a quaint little town and we’re planning to clean up and walk to an Italian restaurant that was recommended. Judy didn’t like the pictures and didn’t want them published. Also, the lock picture is not typical since I couldn’t let go of the line at the bottom of the lock to take a picture. Had to wait until the lock was also full.
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