Short Day

We were watching the weather for crossing Lake Ontario. It was still iffy and there was a weekend celebration called Harborfest in Oswego so boat slips were limited. With the lake water being high due to the huge amounts of rain they have recieved this year, some marinas directly on the lake did not have electric.

We learned that Bubba and Anne from “Getaweigh” was in the next marina up the canal. We decided to move and meet up with them. It was a nice sunny morning and we headed out and through the last lock of the Erie canal that we will go through. The Erie Canal is 540 miles long but we are not going to travel the full length because we want to travel via Canada and the fact that there is a 15 ft fixed bridge that we cannot get under if we went the full length.

We docked at Pirates Cove Marina. The marina owners Patty and Paul were very nice and welcomed us. We took a cruise up the canal with Bubba and Anne because they needed to get fuel. Then we went out to dinner. We hung out the next day doing chores such as laundry. It rained a few times so we just relaxed as we prepared to travel up the Oswego Canal on Wednesday.