6/30/07
I WILL NOT TRY TO POST PHOTOS, OUR INTERNET CONNECTION IS WAY TOO SLOW!
WE DEPARTED HOME ON LI 6/11/07 & TRAVELED AT A SLOW SPEED FOR 12 HRS TO HAVERSTRAW BAY WHERE WE ANCHORED OUT FOR THE NIGHT( A REALLY NICE ANCHORAGE).WE WENT PAST HELLS GATE WITH THE TIDE & AFTER AN HRS WAIT WE HAD THE CURRENT WITH US UP THE HUDSON.
THE NEXT DAY WE WENT TO HIGHLAND NY WHERE MEET MY COUSIN BILL & HIS WIFE CAROL FOR DINNER @ MARINERAS REST. WHERE THEY HAD A DOCK FOR US TO TIE UP TO FOR THE EVENING.
FROM THERE WE WENT TO ATHENS TO TOUR THE OLD TOWN & ANCHORED OUT FOR THE NIGHT.
THE NEXT DAY IT WAS ON TO WATERFORD ( THE START OF THE ERIE CANAL )GOING THROUGH THE TROY LOCK. A PIECE OF CAKE NOT LIKE LAST YR WHEN EVERYTHING WAS RAGING WITH THE FLOOD.
WE SPENT 3 NIGHTS AT WATERFORD HANGING OUT WITH OTHER LOOPERS & A BIKE TRIP BACK TROY FOR THERE FARMERS MARKET & STREET FAIR THAT WAS GREAT.
NEXT DAY WE PUMPED OUT & TRAVELED A LEISURELY DAY TO LOCK 8 & TIED UP FOR THE NIGHT WITH THE BOAT MASCOT. WE WERE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE LOCK BUT WHEN MASCOT CAME BY & SAID THEY WERE TO TIE UP ON THE W SIDE & THE LOCK MASTER WALKED DOWN TO US & SAID THE W SIDE WAS MUCH NICER WE DECIDED TO LOCK THRU WITH MASCOT & SHARE THE EVENING WITH THEM ( SCOT & MARY).
THEN THE NEXT DAY MIRIAM & I WENT ON TO LOCK 11 & TIED UP FOR THE NIGHT WITH FREE ELECTRIC. THIS LOCK IS JUST PAST AMSTERDAM & SO WE TOOK A BIKE RIDE TO AMSTERDAM IN THE MORNING BEFORE DEPARTING FOR CANAJOHORIE.
CANAJOHORIE HAD FREE DOCKAGE W/ ELECTRIC & WATER. A VERY NICE TOWN WITH FALLS AND WHAT THE TOWN WAS NAMED FOR THE BASINS THAT WASH THEMSELVES. MIRIAM EVEN GOT TIME TO SPEND IN THE LIBRARY TO DO SOME GENEALOGY.
WE THEN WENT ON TO LITTLE FALLS. THERE WE MEET WENDY & HER 2 DAUGHTERS . WE HAVE KNOWN HER SINCE SHE WAS BORN. SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF MY GOOD FRIENDS BARBARA & ARTIE. SHE HAS TURNED OUT TO BE A BEAUTIFUL LADY & MOTHER. I ALSO BIKED TO FT PLAIN TO TOUR THE MUSEUM & ON THE WAY BACK ON THE WEST/NORTH SIDE OF THE CANAL I SAW A CHEESE FACTORY WHERE I STOPPED THE BIKE FOR SOME FRESH CHEESE.
THEN WE WENT ON TO HERKIMER. A VERY NICE TOWN. WHILE WE WERE THERE WE BIKED TO LLION & TOUR THE REMINGTON GUN MUSEUM - VERY INTERESTING.
WE THEN STOPPED NEXT @ UTICA. THEY HAVE A WALL THERE NEXT TO A RESTAURANT WITH ELECTRIC & WATER. TO BAD THE RESTAURANT WAS CLOSED ,A DISBUTE WITH THE CITY HAS CLOSED THIS REST AT THE DOCK. . IT WAS OK FOR US .QUIET . WE WENT OUT TO DEMONICOS REST. & HAD A STEAK DINNER THAT WAS AWESOM . WE BIKED TO SARANAC BREWERY FOR A TOUR AND A FEW GOOD TASTES.
NEXT WE WENT TO SYLVAN BEACH.
THIS IS LIKE A MINI OCEAN BEACH & ATLANTIC CITY ALL ROLLED UP INTO ONE.
THEY HAVE AN AMUSEMENT PARK & ALL THAT GOES WITH IT . BEACH , BABES , BIKERS. WE WERE THERE ON A TUE. NITE & THAT IS BIKERS TUE. THE TOWN WAS LINED WITH AT LEAST A THOUSAND BIKES.
FROM THERE WE CROSSED LAKE ONEIDA & ON TO PHOENIX & ON THE OSWEGO CANAL. THIS IS THE HOME OF THE BRIDGE HOUSE BRATS. THESE KIDS COME DOWN TO THE DOCKS & HELP YOU DOCK & WILL DO CHORES FOR YOU OR GO GET A DINNER FOR YOU AT A RESTAURANT & BRING IT BACK TO THE BOAT FOR YOU.
THE FOLLOWING DAY WE WENT ON TO OSWEGO. WE DOCKED WITH MASCOT, WAVEAWAY , LA GRACE, & JJ'S ODESSEY. MIRIAM & I TOURED THE TOWN , WENT TO WAL MART , WENT TO A FARMERS MARKET, WHERE I BOUGHT MIRIAM A TOMATO PLANT FOR THE BOAT, & ATE OUT AT A MEXICAN REST.
THE WINDS WERE GOING TO BE GOOD FOR FRI. & THEY WERE . WE WENT INTO LAKE ONTARIO ( OUR FIRST GREAT LAKE) & WENT TO SACKKETS HARBOR. A BEAUTIFUL TOWN DEEP IN HISTORY DURING & BEFORE THE WAR OF 1812. AMAZING WHAT A TOWN CAN DO TO MAKE IT ATTRACTIVE TO VISITORS. WE ANCHORED OUT FOR THE NITE AFTER DINNER AT THE PUB.
THE FOLLOWING DAY THE WINDS WERE CALM & WE WENT TO CAPE VINCENT. NOT AS PRETTY AS SACKETS BUT NICE . WE ARE HERE NOW & THE RAIN IS INTERMITTENT THIS AFTERNOON. & THATS WHY I HAVE A CHANCE TO UPDATE THIS BLOG.
MAYBE ON TO CANADA NEXT ?
WE DEPARTED HOME ON LI 6/11/07 & TRAVELED AT A SLOW SPEED FOR 12 HRS TO HAVERSTRAW BAY WHERE WE ANCHORED OUT FOR THE NIGHT( A REALLY NICE ANCHORAGE).WE WENT PAST HELLS GATE WITH THE TIDE & AFTER AN HRS WAIT WE HAD THE CURRENT WITH US UP THE HUDSON.
THE NEXT DAY WE WENT TO HIGHLAND NY WHERE MEET MY COUSIN BILL & HIS WIFE CAROL FOR DINNER @ MARINERAS REST. WHERE THEY HAD A DOCK FOR US TO TIE UP TO FOR THE EVENING.
FROM THERE WE WENT TO ATHENS TO TOUR THE OLD TOWN & ANCHORED OUT FOR THE NIGHT.
THE NEXT DAY IT WAS ON TO WATERFORD ( THE START OF THE ERIE CANAL )GOING THROUGH THE TROY LOCK. A PIECE OF CAKE NOT LIKE LAST YR WHEN EVERYTHING WAS RAGING WITH THE FLOOD.
WE SPENT 3 NIGHTS AT WATERFORD HANGING OUT WITH OTHER LOOPERS & A BIKE TRIP BACK TROY FOR THERE FARMERS MARKET & STREET FAIR THAT WAS GREAT.
NEXT DAY WE PUMPED OUT & TRAVELED A LEISURELY DAY TO LOCK 8 & TIED UP FOR THE NIGHT WITH THE BOAT MASCOT. WE WERE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE LOCK BUT WHEN MASCOT CAME BY & SAID THEY WERE TO TIE UP ON THE W SIDE & THE LOCK MASTER WALKED DOWN TO US & SAID THE W SIDE WAS MUCH NICER WE DECIDED TO LOCK THRU WITH MASCOT & SHARE THE EVENING WITH THEM ( SCOT & MARY).
THEN THE NEXT DAY MIRIAM & I WENT ON TO LOCK 11 & TIED UP FOR THE NIGHT WITH FREE ELECTRIC. THIS LOCK IS JUST PAST AMSTERDAM & SO WE TOOK A BIKE RIDE TO AMSTERDAM IN THE MORNING BEFORE DEPARTING FOR CANAJOHORIE.
CANAJOHORIE HAD FREE DOCKAGE W/ ELECTRIC & WATER. A VERY NICE TOWN WITH FALLS AND WHAT THE TOWN WAS NAMED FOR THE BASINS THAT WASH THEMSELVES. MIRIAM EVEN GOT TIME TO SPEND IN THE LIBRARY TO DO SOME GENEALOGY.
WE THEN WENT ON TO LITTLE FALLS. THERE WE MEET WENDY & HER 2 DAUGHTERS . WE HAVE KNOWN HER SINCE SHE WAS BORN. SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF MY GOOD FRIENDS BARBARA & ARTIE. SHE HAS TURNED OUT TO BE A BEAUTIFUL LADY & MOTHER. I ALSO BIKED TO FT PLAIN TO TOUR THE MUSEUM & ON THE WAY BACK ON THE WEST/NORTH SIDE OF THE CANAL I SAW A CHEESE FACTORY WHERE I STOPPED THE BIKE FOR SOME FRESH CHEESE.
THEN WE WENT ON TO HERKIMER. A VERY NICE TOWN. WHILE WE WERE THERE WE BIKED TO LLION & TOUR THE REMINGTON GUN MUSEUM - VERY INTERESTING.
WE THEN STOPPED NEXT @ UTICA. THEY HAVE A WALL THERE NEXT TO A RESTAURANT WITH ELECTRIC & WATER. TO BAD THE RESTAURANT WAS CLOSED ,A DISBUTE WITH THE CITY HAS CLOSED THIS REST AT THE DOCK. . IT WAS OK FOR US .QUIET . WE WENT OUT TO DEMONICOS REST. & HAD A STEAK DINNER THAT WAS AWESOM . WE BIKED TO SARANAC BREWERY FOR A TOUR AND A FEW GOOD TASTES.
NEXT WE WENT TO SYLVAN BEACH.
THIS IS LIKE A MINI OCEAN BEACH & ATLANTIC CITY ALL ROLLED UP INTO ONE.
THEY HAVE AN AMUSEMENT PARK & ALL THAT GOES WITH IT . BEACH , BABES , BIKERS. WE WERE THERE ON A TUE. NITE & THAT IS BIKERS TUE. THE TOWN WAS LINED WITH AT LEAST A THOUSAND BIKES.
FROM THERE WE CROSSED LAKE ONEIDA & ON TO PHOENIX & ON THE OSWEGO CANAL. THIS IS THE HOME OF THE BRIDGE HOUSE BRATS. THESE KIDS COME DOWN TO THE DOCKS & HELP YOU DOCK & WILL DO CHORES FOR YOU OR GO GET A DINNER FOR YOU AT A RESTAURANT & BRING IT BACK TO THE BOAT FOR YOU.
THE FOLLOWING DAY WE WENT ON TO OSWEGO. WE DOCKED WITH MASCOT, WAVEAWAY , LA GRACE, & JJ'S ODESSEY. MIRIAM & I TOURED THE TOWN , WENT TO WAL MART , WENT TO A FARMERS MARKET, WHERE I BOUGHT MIRIAM A TOMATO PLANT FOR THE BOAT, & ATE OUT AT A MEXICAN REST.
THE WINDS WERE GOING TO BE GOOD FOR FRI. & THEY WERE . WE WENT INTO LAKE ONTARIO ( OUR FIRST GREAT LAKE) & WENT TO SACKKETS HARBOR. A BEAUTIFUL TOWN DEEP IN HISTORY DURING & BEFORE THE WAR OF 1812. AMAZING WHAT A TOWN CAN DO TO MAKE IT ATTRACTIVE TO VISITORS. WE ANCHORED OUT FOR THE NITE AFTER DINNER AT THE PUB.
THE FOLLOWING DAY THE WINDS WERE CALM & WE WENT TO CAPE VINCENT. NOT AS PRETTY AS SACKETS BUT NICE . WE ARE HERE NOW & THE RAIN IS INTERMITTENT THIS AFTERNOON. & THATS WHY I HAVE A CHANCE TO UPDATE THIS BLOG.
MAYBE ON TO CANADA NEXT ?
posted by GEORGE AND MIRIAM GRAFER | 1:17 PM
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GOOD SAILING MR GRAFER! TELL MRS THAT SCOT SANTANGELO SAYS HELLO!!!
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