We made North East Marina! Traveling now, will post later!!
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Hello Lake Erie
Hi friends and family! Today started at first light, as we were shooting for a rather optimistic target for mileage. We cast off and started the last little bit of the Erie Canal. Things were going well until we reached Buffalo. We found that Black Rock Lock that bypasses the […]
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Low Bridges, Everybody Down
“..low bridges, everybody down, low bridges cause we’re coming to town..” Hello friends and family! That line is from the Erie Canal song I learned in 4-H in 4th grade. Today we went under 12 drawbridges, and that song was stuck in my head all day. We started the day […]
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Go West
Hello friends and family! It has been a LONG two days. I’ll try to sum up as well as I can. We arrived at the marina around 1:00am on Thursday morning and quickly boarded Neverland and went straight to sleep. We had previously talked with the marina owners and they […]
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The Grand Finale (for this leg)
Hello friends and family! This will be a shorter than normal post as today we made it back to Chattanooga and we are so tired we can barely think straight! Yesterday, we woke up around 6:45am which put us a little behind on time getting to the first lock around […]
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Locked Up
Hello Friends and Family! This morning we woke up just before 7am to catch the lock right after Amsterdam, New York. We were expecting to have company by the time we made it down to the lock, since it is beneficial to start your day when the locks […]
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West Bound and Down
Hello Friends and Family! Today started early at around 6:45am in Waterford, New York at lock #2 at the start of the Erie Canal. Right at 7:00am the first lock opened, and luckily enough we were able to squeeze behind two other boats and catch the first […]
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North Bound and Down
Hello Friends and Family! We apologize for not updating the blog last night, however, after a 15 hour day on the water we were more than ready to turn in for the night. We spent the night just south of Jones Point on the Hudson River at anchorage […]
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New York State of Mind
Hello Friends and Family! Today began early in the AM in New Rochelle, New York with a breakfast that consisted of calculating out the right time to hit Hell Gate which is the intersection just before Roosevelt Island where the Harlem River meets the East River. We went […]