Category: Trip

Yesterday was a 7 hour cruise from Newark to Seneca Falls. Shortly after we started, the rain blew in:

The rain was light and sporadic, and the boat (including the deck) is well protected so getting wet wasn’t an issue. However it was quite chilly for me who brought no cool-weather clothing. Luckily some was included on the boat:

We cruised past few towns yesterday, along a stretch of the canal that borders a wildlife sanctuary. The views were beautiful:

From the boat we saw many animals, including otters (or some other non-beaver aquatic rodent), deer, a turkey, a groundhog and many birds.

Our journey took us through 8 locks. The first five (locks 28b through 25 on the Erie Canal) took us down a total of about 50 feet. The last three (CS1-3) on the Seneca-Cayuga canal took us up again. They included this monster 49 foot double lock just outside Seneca Falls:

The boat is very comfy and easy to live in. It includes all the conveniences (kitchen, showers, toilets, even AC) and the beds are big. It’s a very relaxing way to travel 🙂

I’m extremely tired, so I apologize for the verbosity of this post. But… pictures!

We got the boat today:

It’s beautiful inside:

We cruised along the canal for about 3 hours…

And went through two locks, each about 16 feet high:

Before docking for the night in the town of Newark (we departed from Macedon if you’re looking at a map):

Ours is the boat in the middle of the above shot, taken from a bridge over the canal.

After dinner we played a game:

Tomorrow will be a long day of cruising if we hope to reach our destination. I’ll try to put a few more details about the boat and canal in tomorrow’s post. If you have questions, please ask in the comments.

Incidentally, the app I use to update the blog from my phone ruined itself in the latest update, specifically with regard to images. Blame that for the decrease in image quality these past few entries.

I’m not happy about this, since I blog mostly from my phone these days. Here’s hoping they fix it.

We’re home from NYC now. It was a great few days. We’re very, very tired though. So exhausted in fact, we could use a vacation 🙂