A schedule is not necessarily a good thing to have on a boat. we were planning on going around Lake Ontario, counterclockwise, stopping in most ports along the way, the Welland Ship Canal back to Lake Erie, and the Erie Canal back east again.

“We are still locked in Lock 2 chamber. No, they will not let us out, even to the access wall, as they are afraid (just kidding) we will venture the 2 miles north to get to Mechanicville proper, where we would be close to town, have water and be able to pump our holding tank.”

The above was written in late June, and here it is November and we’ve not made another posting to the web site. It’s really embarrassing, but when we live cruising, or on the road, with a cell phone connection to the internet, keeping up is very frustrating, so we tend to neglect the site until we stop someplace with a good phone line long enough to catch up.

Tuesday, July 4th,

We are still locked in Lock 2 chamber. No, they will not let us out, even to the access wall, as they are afraid (just kidding) we will venture the 2 miles north to get to Mechanicville proper, where we would be close to town, have water and be able to pump our holding tank. Officials say there will be no traffic until they are able to check all buoys and reset any that have moved.  Possibly tomorrow but we are not very hopeful. 

I am sure you have all heard about the rains and the flooding in the Northeast.   Well it is true.  Luckily, our boat floats!

We launched a week ago today, went a mile and anchored because of expected severe thundershowers.  Luckily, it didn't happen in North Hero, Vermont.