June 29 – Friday
Next stop – the Erie Canal, but not before fueling up and emptying out the boat’s tanks (fuel & holding). Today we wore jeans, long sleeves and at times wind breakers thanks to the front that changed our weather to cool CAVU++. It was only 20 miles to Waterford where we would enter the Erie and turn west but first we had to go through the Federal lock on the Hudson River at Troy, NY. When the lock opened to discharge the boats that had locked down, out came 5 or 6 steam powered launches. These were restored small boats that were in the area for a steam boat festival being held in Waterford. That was good news but the bad news was that we would not be able to tie up at the nice waterfront in Waterford.