Today was absolutely spectacular on the water although it started out very foggy and a very cool 46 degrees. Didn't take too long to clear up and we were on our way at 9. We cruised 50 miles and could only go 10 mph as we were in a remote area and that's how it is in this narrow part of the canal. We did 5 locks and saw more boats than combined the past 3 days.
Lots of fishermen out, too.
Perfect day for cruising
One of these signs is at every lock giving the location, elevation, what the lift is and mileage to next dock.
Over the past 3 days, 20 of the locks had us going up anywhere from 8-40'. Today, Lock 21 and 22 we were going down (fast ride) and both were 25'.
We had 3 boats with us in Lock 22.....and arrived on Sylvan Beach around 4:15. Nice beach community on Lake Oneida with people out and about and boats at anchor. We are tied up to the wall - it's free so no electricity or water, but no worries!
A few of the folks on Sylvan Beach
It was time to celebrate that we are done with locks so off to The Crazy Clam for drinks and shared a delicious shrimp cocktail sitting outside overlooking the Erie Canal.
They have an amusement park right in the heart of town, but kind of scary as most of the rides looked rusty and they had seen their better day. Stopped at "What's the Scoop" for yummy ice cream (oink oink)....being on the water gives us the hungries!!!
Time to eat again.....we walked to the Canal View Café where we ate 6 years ago.....#1 on Trip Advisor and again, very good. We've had so many awesome meals this past week all thanks to Trip Advisor!!! I had Bam Bam Shrimp and it was as good as Bonefish Grill's bang bang shrimp, Annette and Allie!!!!
Tomorrow we shall zip across Lake Oneida (22 miles) and come into Brewerton, Catrina's winter home.
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