We were up, underway and left Brewerton by 7:10. Headed out to cross Lake Oneida. It was a bit misty and very cool. The breeze made it a bit choppy, and because we’ve been travelling all fendered up for the canal locks, we had forgotten to take them up for the lake crossing; so one fender reminded us by falling off and requiring a rescue. We were at the other side of the lake shortly after 10 and back to the serenity of cruising the canal. The next two locks were our last locks going up and I think we finally adjusted how we do it to be able to say, “Hey, this is working well!” In fact, we were stress free enough that Christopher started taking pictures. He’s becoming our main photographer. After a nice lengthy cruise on the canal where we got in some boat schooling, we did our first lock going down. Someone had told us going down was easier, and our first impression is this is so. In Utica we tied up at a dock where there is power and water. “Finally!” said Christopher. (The last time we had power and water was Sunday. He’s looking forward to anchoring. I hope he realizes that we won’t be plugging in then either!) Headed out to explore Utica and ended up at the Amtrak station. Lots of train spotting for our train fan. Back at the boat, tried to scrub off some of the slime and debris that we pick up going through the locks. Our fenders will be wanting a day at the spa when we’re done the locks. Picked up some supplies at the Price Chopper. It was a great day, 50 miles of progress, and still time to do some fun stuff at the end of the day.
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