It was and is a HOT day!! We started our journey this morning at 8:07am. Our first lock was number 23 and is known as "God's Lock". It was absolutely beautiful. This lock was our favorite of all of the 30 locks that we passed through. Even the Lock Master, Pete was a sweetie. He even had a perfect vegetable garden.
Lock 24 was our last lock in the Erie Canal. It was time to head north to Lake Ontario on the Oswego Canal and start all over with Lock 1. The siphon lock at Oswego is the first lock of this type to be built in the United States and is the largest of its kind in the world. Once we got to Oswego we were making such good time, we decided to carry on and go all the way to the cottage on Sodus Bay rather than spend another night on the boat. The water conditions were perfect on Lake Ontario. We passed by Fair Haven and Port Bay, and finely saw that old familiar lighthouse on the Sodus Point pier. From our departure point in Saugerties, until we arrived in port at Wintergreen Point, we were blessed with tremendous weather, met some interesting people, and most importantly, shared unforgettable memories.
From the book called "The Towpath" by: Arch Merrill
"Calmly the Erie waters rolls on, across the state it had made great, through the towns it had mothered - unheeding the clash of changing moods. It, too, in its time had shaped the course of history."
I would love to say "Thank You" to Don Day for recommending this book to us.
Rinny and Tom,
ReplyDeleteThanks for taking all of us on your trip. We enjoyed the history and description of events through your eyes. But best of all was swimming off the docks watching for you to enter Sodus Bay and the cove at Wintergreen Point, the home where your heart is.
Welcome home, love your family.