Monday morning we left the city of Little Falls and headed for Sylvan Beach on the edge of Lake Oneida. There we had planned to rendezvous with fellow Gulf Harbour neighbors, Ed and Nancy Weise who were traveling in the area in their motor home. Much to our surprise, as AWEIGH passed under a bridge near Sylvan Beach, we looked up and there were Ed and Nancy waving to us. How they found us, we’re not sure, but it was impressive, since our arrival time was very tentative.
After docking at the marina, the four of us went for a dinghy ride around the lake. Amazingly even with the four of us (all lightweights) the dinghy still got up on plane and we flew. Returning to the boat and storing the dinghy, we cleaned up and headed to town for a good dinner. Since they were spending the night aboard, we had to have a game of Shanghai, (card game) for old times sake.
Tuesday morning Ed and Nancy joined us for the crossing of Lake Oneida (about a twenty three mile run) and for the eight remaining locks of the Oswego Canal. These last locks on our portion of the Erie Canal were a little different than the previous ones and we were very happy to have Ed and Nancy along to lend a hand. They stayed on the boat with us Tuesday night before picking up their rental truck this morning to return to their motor home back in Sylvan Beach. A little side story here for our St. Louis friends. Enterprise had told Nancy they had cars available but when they called for one, there were none available. We told Ed to tell them he was with St. Louis friends who knew Andy Taylor and Doug Albrecht. Ten minutes later they called back and asked Ed if a truck was ok. Of course he said yes, and they delivered a Dodge Ram Pickup. We had lots of chuckles over that and wish we had taken a picture of the four of us with our “pick-em” up truck!
Today, Ed took us to get our mail after breakfast which Julie and Todd had sent to Oswego for us to pick up. Then we went grocery shopping. This afternoon, Ned opened mail, paid bills and was grouchy. Meanwhile, I took a cab into town to get my hair cut! How boring can all of this get for you, our loyal readers, but there is a side of this whole trip that is mundane too. Boring things aside, it has been a great ride so far and we look forward to going into CANADA in a few days.
Judy
An additional Captain comment. The shot of the boat passing under the bridge was taken by Ed as they surprised us coming into Sylvan Beach.
Also, perhaps you remember last winter hearing the reports of the twelve feet of snow in three days here in Oswego . Well, the local folks confirmed it and said that was a "slight bit" more than normal. I wish we had taken a picture of the fire hydrants here. They all have a red pole sticking up in the air about eight feet so they can find them in the snow bank.
Ned
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