Day 2: We left Schenectady Yacht Club at 8:40 and headed for locks 8
through 15 (going from 151’ to 383’ above sea level). We had a light rain shower shortly after getting under way. The scenery seems to be better and better with each day. I thought we were in the Adirondack Mountains, but they are just a little north of us. To someone from Texas, they look like mountains to us! We docked at St. Johnsville Marina at 4:45. It was a long day – the 7 locks were pretty tiring. We had docktails with Sharon and Bob (Sno Daz),
Curt and Julie (CJ), Jane and Jack (Spirit) and finished the evening with dinner on the back deck with Jane and Jack. Day 3:
We walked into St. Johnsville and had a very good breakfast. We also bought two dozen cookies to give
to the lockmasters hoping it would speed our locking services. After the first lock, the word spread and the lock masters were waiting for us! We left at 9:40 and headed
for locks 16-19 (going from 383' to 404' feet above sea level). There are many places to tie up along the canal and we passed several other Loopers - Biscuit, Penny Pinchin, Sea Moss. We docked
at Aqua Vino docks (a restaurant) in Utica at 3:20. Sno
Daz and CJ were there so we all had dinner together.
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