June 17, 2017

Lake Oneida

In keeping with the Bailey Great Loop Tradition, we are traveling today to a town that is described as the "Atlantic City" of northern New York, on a Saturday with wind.  We started out as the leader of the pack of 4 through the 4 locks to get us to Sylvan Beach.  After arriving we decided to take on Lake Oneida and stop in Brewerton New York.  Our goal this weekend is to figure out the Great Lakes 

Sylvan Beach

weather Forecasting  Code.  If you want  a challenge look up MAFOR on the internet.  Sitting on on the bow of the boat you can hear the song birds singing, the hardwood leaves rustling, and the purr of our cat making its way up the Erie Canal. It is most enjoyable and peaceable.  We made it to the top of the Erie Canal and saw the very beginning of the canal and then at lock 20 we headed down hill.  I guess awe are on a downhill slide Lake Oneida.  As we crossed the lake I decided to do the unthinkable, not anchor, but stay at the city docks with no electric or water, but there was a bar within walking distance. That is as close to anchoring as I want to get.  Tomorrow we will be on the shores of Lake Ontario. OMG. The first thing we do is find a chart for the rest of the trip.  Sure hope someone joins us soon,  they can bring the charts so we know where we are going from here.

The very beginning of the Erie Canal 1817