Holley was just a charming park with a beautiful waterfall to walk in and cool your feet. We happened to be there for the summer concert and it was “the Old Hippies” great tunes, sitting on the lawn and later from the boat.
We had a relaxing ride to Medina (Pronounced like, Nothing could be finer than to be in ole’ Medina in the Mooooorning).
This is an amazing part of the Erie where the cars go under the boat . I will try to get better pictures next time, it was raining pretty hard at that point and we were working on a docking strategy.
Then, bam, the skies opened up on us, we tied up and got drenched and waited til it let up a bit to hook up the power. Once the rain stopped we walked around town.
The storm blew through and we headed to North Tonawanda, the furthest west this boat is going on this leg. Just before we got there we approached Lockport where the staircase locks 34 & 35 give you a look at the old lock.
It was pretty dramatic going through.
Then we got to North Tonawanda and I really didn’t know what to think, the comments about staying here were not clear to me. Then it became so clear. The Western Erie is so beautiful and peaceful like the Dismal Swamp was and then, just like the shock of Norfolk, we are at the confluence of the river between two Great Lakes, we have Canada on one side and the Erie comes in perpendicular so you are surrounded on all sides by free walls filled with boats.
Brian would have done that in Pano but you get the idea.
We celebrated our 4500 miles plus so far in our Loop and happy to get as far west as we planned for this Leg.
We ubered to Niagara Falls, passports in hand and walked across the bridge to Canada!
Amazing!!
We knew people that went to Tonawanda and we decided not to go beyond Medina for the reasons you mentioned. However, you did get to go to Niagara Falls. We’d been there by car with friends that lived along the canal further east. You’ll have so much to see going back east for the rest of the summer. So glad you’re enjoying the Western Canal as much as we did. Great history, restaurants, music on the canal, etc. Sorry you didn’t get to the Fairport Music Festival. Great fun for a day or so. Also some great ice cream places along the canal. NY State is one of the largest milk producers in the country. We love your photos as they bring back memories of our wonderful time there in 2018. Stay well and keep those rubber gloves handy! (one part we never enjoyed much but all part of the journey). Cheers, Bill & Lillie
Niagra Falls is amazing. Pictures, no matter how intense captures the force and amount of the water!
You seem to have good weather most of the time, but not surprised that you get hit with a storm once in a while. Love the pics! Enjoy the trek back eastward!
Wow! I look forward to reading about your travels.