We didn't leave Canajoharie till noon on the 13th....we spent the morning getting some "oil" for the thirsty engine, mailing letters, and going to the Arkell Gallery to see some original paintings by Winslow Homer , John Singer Sargent etc. etc. It was well worth the visit.
We slipped off the dock lines, traversed lock # 13 a few minutes later, passed through a little town called Fonda. (The Henry Fonda clan came from here). We did lock # 12 and # 13 and called it a day in Amsterdam NY at about 1700 hrs. Riverlink Park's 600 foot dock, was right in front of a small cafe hosting a medical seminar. The food, prepared right there looked and smelled delicious, as we walked by the kitchen when changing our loads of laundry.
The next morning we did lock # 10, which was just a few miles away, and motored the final 37.3 miles , while descending into locks, 9,8,7,6,5,4,3, and 2 (a total vertical drop of 227.8 ft) We arrived in Waterford NY at the entrance of the Hudson River at about 1700 hrs. Heritage,(George and Jackie's S/V and Miss Ellie tied to a 1000 foot floating dock. We walked into town for dinner at McGreivey's restaurant. Guy is getting his fill of crab cakes already. It was delicious!
