Monday – Day 59 – 9/29/08A little rain, a little sunshine a few clouds all added up to a great day on the canal! We are tied up on the wall in Fort Edward, NY. We went through six locks and covered 38 miles --- that’s a full day of cruising! The part of the Champlain Canal we cruised today is actually part on the Hudson River and follows its natural path for most of the 38 miles.
Tomorrow we will enter the portion that was hand dug to connect New York City to Lake Champlain. This stretch of water is also connected to Montreal, Canada via the Richelieu Canal. The lakes and canals that we are now on is where a major portion of the Revolutionary War was fought. This is also the area where the English continually tried to regain a foot hold in this country during the War of 1812. If there is something to see around here we will see it before moving on tomorrow. From what we have seen so far, I think we will be leaving fairly early! The place we are now located at is tricky at best to get into with a boat. We had the good fortune to get directions from a lock master and a couple of boaters that stayed here last year.
At present were about a mile out of the main channel in a beautiful location that’s part of the local park! I’m not sure about some of the strange people checking out our boat - so far we haven’t had any trouble. There are a few trees turning color but most have not! The one that I saw I had Barb take a picture of. I’ve been assured that things will change when we get closer to the mountains that flank the east and west sides of Lake Champlain. (Stay tuned for my unbiased color report)
