We now have 22 of the 23 Erie Canal locks behind us and after being lifted to an elevation of 420 ft., we have started descending again. The two locks that we went through this morning each lowered us about 25 ft. We are docked at the town dock in Sylvan Beach, NY - a beach resort on Oneida Lake. The place is absolutely dead today - of course, it is a Monday and it is drizzly and 66 degrees. We are still amazed at how few other Looper boats we have seen. We are probably a little ahead of the pack, but there are some boats ahead of us. We just can't seem to get into sync with anyone. The scenery on the Erie was truly breathtaking - it's hard to believe that our boat which was in the Atlantic Ocean just over a week ago has now crossed the Adirondack Mountains. Friday night we stopped at the Village of Conjoharie, which must have had a dozen pizza restaurants to choose from. From there we went to the City of Little Falls. The lock just before Little Falls lifted us 40 ft - once the highest lift in North America. Another unique feature of this lock (#17) is that the gate is a lift gate instead of the traditional horizontally-opening gates. Tomorrow we will probably cross Oneida Lake and stop in Brewerton. Then the next day we will begin traversing the Oswego Canal, which will take us to Lake Ontario.
The beautiful scenery is never-ending.
This was the view from our dock at Little Falls, NY.
Lock 19 is hiding behind this bridge. This was where we really had to dodge the floating logs.
One sees all kinds of vessels - some large and some small
Taking a walk along the shore of Oneida Lake
Love the pictures...it sounds like y'all are still having a wonderful time, even if it's drizzly and cool. (Wish you could ship us some of that cool. It's miserable in south Georgia...)
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