Here's 4 minutes of what it has been like so far on our Erie Canal adventure. Ok, to be truthful, the weather has not always been this good. In fact, we've had cold winds and rain a lot (and full foulies!) but this is what we want to remember. After leaving Clyde, we were steaming along like this when the engine began to waver. Uh-oh, just our luck to be stranded in the middle of upstate New York with engine problems.

And, of course, this all happened just as Jeff was due in on a conference call. Fortunately, he was adept at using the mute button on his phone as he quickly changed the primary and secondary fuel filters - on a diesel, problems are almost always caused by fuel - while we were anchored in the middle of the canal. Soon, we were on our way again and he was still talking on the phone!

After a few more hours we were in Brewerton, on the western shore of Lake Oneida. We stopped at the Ess-Kay Marina based upon their fine advertisement in the NY Canal Guide. Nice people, good dock and they even gave us a car to take to a nice little restaurant on the canal.

 In the morning (Thursday) we left about 8:30 am to motor across Lake Oneida. This lake is reputed to wave-up in a blow as it is 16 miles long and our weather forecast was 12-28 from the west. We left wondering what might happen but it turned out to be much less than we saw coming to Buffalo from Erie.

Not that it was tranquil, but still an easy ride.

Back in the canal, the sun came out and Shawn broke out his guitar. He's quite an accomplished musician as you can see below.

We spent the night in Ilion, NY along the wall. Had a very nice dinner at Sorrento's on the recommendation of the marina owner. Awoke in light rain and resumed our voyage. By the way, these days involve full foulies with lots of layers, ski hats and gloves!

Our next passage involved 8 locks and ended in Amsterdam, NY. During this passage, we passed Lock 17 - one of the taller locks in the world at 40 feet. Somewhat disconcerting, but still pretty cool.

This is a photo of what it looks like when the massive lock door opens and we can exit.
Here we are tied up to the wall in Amsterdam, NY.

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Below are some random photos along the way..............

Gross disgusting canal walls, but people write graffiti on them. Too funny!

Down in Lock 17 one of the taller locks in the world.

Roughing it again.