Following the Mohawk River, the Eerie Canal raised us 420' in 20 locks. The 21st and 22nd locks took us back down 52' to the level of Oneida Lake, where we are docked in a marina owned by the Oneida Indian Nation. Throughout our cruise, which was especially slow b/c of the locks (typical day of 30 miles, 6 locks, 7 hours), we saw familiar scenes: rolling hills with dairy farms; tall palisades boxing in the train running on one side of the river and the NY State Thruway on the other; and many small mill towns, which have since lost their mills. Although the Mohawk River Valley is beautiful, much of the cruising on the canal is just that - long straight, boring stretches of canal at 8 mph. As mentioned in the previous blog, we also got to reacquaint ourselves with old friends and relatives.
Here are some pics:
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| Mural in Arkell Museum, Canajoharie, NY |
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| a familiar face, Arkell Museum (this is the one on the $1 bill) |
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| cousin Don giving us the 2-hr tour of his Olympic collection |
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| Winner's Medal, Garmische, Winter Olympics (1936) |
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| Old, active dairy farm along the Mohawk |
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| Mike Nicholls - friends forever |
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| Hush-a-Bye, Hugh and Sherri Grant |
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| One of the Waterford Flight locks -6 in a row, 1.5 miles total |
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| Mohawk River - check the mural Lenore's in front of |
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| Larry Pacillio - still interesting, still a friend |
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