Saturday, July 28, 2012

78°28.659’ W

43°12.758’ N

Free Face Dock with electric after Lift Bridge

Middleport, NY

 



Leaving Spencerport

 The day started with – should we proceed or stay another day! We compromised and walked among the many tents that were set up to display crafts and food before finding a grocery store and provisioning the boat. A light rain was falling at that time so decided to start the boat and add a few more miles toward our goal of reaching Buffalo the end of the Erie Canal.

There was a small historical building close to the dock where Moor $tuff was moored and by chance I was introduced to Brian Stratton, Director of the New York State Canal Corp. He was there to officially welcome the town’s guest attending the festival on behalf of NY Governor Como and announce a grant for future development of the canal. We were introduced to him as out of state boaters and AGLCA members supporting his venue. We had a very nice discussion with him and his staff before getting underway.

Drawbridge that needs to go up







As we progressed through the canal the weather cleared and the day became quite pleasant. We started looking for a location to spend the night and settled for this quiet park like setting on the canal wall just past the lift bridge.



Little house - where you can get water
Big house - can get pump out



Tomorrow we will get an early start and complete the Erie Canal. From there we will cross to Buffalo, NY via the Black Rock canal to the edge of Lake Erie. We plan to spend the night in a marina to get an early start Monday crossing Lake Erie to Erie, PA - 85 miles away.

At this point in time we will have good weather!



  

Biker along tow path at side of canal

Drawbridge at dusk