As we were leaving Little Falls, Maria from MV Do it Now took drone photos of us Locking through the Guillotine Lock 17
Today was a big locking day, on our way to Amsterdam, NY we went through seven locks. We saw some impressive dams, spillways, several guard gates in action, and a lot of snags, we even saw the snag boat.
Riverlink park was nicer this time as we got a floating dock instead of a high wall. We had gone into town over the railroad tracks last time. This time we went over a beautiful bike/walking path over the canal that had a 9/11 memorial. We walked over the path and had dinner at Lorenzo’s Southside – we will be back!
We left Riverlink and went down Locks 10, 9, 8, 7 and then went down the “Flight of Five”. These are five locks one after the other. We passed Waterford, where the Erie canal starts. Only half the docks were open so we passed it by and entered the Hudson and headed South through the federal lock Albany #1 and stayed in Troy. Troy had showers, a few restaurants and a supermarket which was needed because we were low on supplies. but in somewhat typical loop fashion, when we arrived at the dock the harbor master said “ya the store closed a while back” and “the showers are in the trailer next door and whatever you do, don’t walk past the restaurant area after dark”. Oh well, it was a nice dock, we met some fellow loopers, and the power allowed us to run the AC.
And a lot of very cool tugs.
I’m absolutely enthralled by your photos and storytelling, Ellen. Tell me, what is a snag? Thank you for sharing your adventures and providing a window into this utterly charming world of looping.
A snag is a very gentle term for a tree floating under the water where it just a little leaf and a twig sticks up but underneath is a trip to the repair shop for a week
Thanks for sharing . I should probably know, but do you actually go into Canada on the Loop?
There are many side choices on the loop most people go to Canada and we plan to, but with the changes in the house we postponed it. We will go to Canada in a couple years.
Great to hear you’re heading back to the Bay. We remember Lorenzo’s for my birthday in 2018. Thanks for rekindling our memories. Hope to catch up again on the Bay this summrr.summer