6/28-6/30/2012

Thursday - found a Panera in town Cicero, NY close to the marina so headed there for breakfast. Back to boat, did some cleaning and just lounged around today. Decided to spend another night here, dockage is only $0.90/ft.

Friday - Pushed off about 9:45am after breakfast at Panera again. One more lock on the Erie Canal then we are on the Oswego Canal. Windy today. 

 Lock 1 on the Oswego Canal.  This lift bridge carries cars across.  Once the lock doors open, the lock tender opens the bridge so we can pass. 

Lock 2 comes with a caution regarding the 5' clearance bridge in the middle of the lock.  The cruise guide warns to tie up south of this span if you require more than 5' clearance, duh.  Once we dropped 18' we drove right under it. 

Water is flowing in from the rear gate.

I did a lot of driving on this stretch.  It was only 24 miles but we went through 8 locks.  One on the Erie and 7 on Oswego.

Our last lock for the day.  I am so tired of locks.  The wind has been fighting me all day.  Jerry swears I've done really well, and I guess I have but man it takes a lot of attention.  It can be unnerving when the wind catches the stern of the boat and pushes it out away from the wall.  Trying to get it back in is a lot of work manuvering forward then back.  Just venting, I love this trip!

We stopped on the wall just past Lock 7 in Oswego.  Jerry is looking for a 4MG SD card for a download of an update for the chart plotter,  we found a Staples about 2 miles away.  We hoofed it there and stopped for dinner on the way back.  This is the view from the boat looking towards Lock 8 this evening.

Saturday - Watching weather on Lake Ontario.  Our next crossing, Oswego, NY to Kingston, ON.  We're thinking about checking out Thousand Islands before we head to Kingston.  We hear it's beautiful. 

Today we chilled.  Too windy to be on the Lake.  Jerry changed the oil on the generator and needed a filter.  Found one at an auto parts store a few blocks away.  Went to a local restaurant for lunch while we were out. 

Watching boats coming and going through Lock 7, just behind Wind Song.

Spent the afternoon blogging.  Kind of warm but have a little breeze.  Once we are in Canada, may not be able to use the internet.  We hear it's pretty expensive and not worth changing service for only a month or so.  We'll see.  Anyway, I'll try to send out something over the next month with our progress.