June 18, 2017

Happy Father's Day!  Another holiday celebrated on the boat.

Today we left the Erie Canal and entered the Oswego Canal system

and finished it too.  It was a Very Hard Day today.  Yes we have gone through 23 locks on the Erie Canal, but the 8 on the Oswego Canal we brutal.  First we had to share the canal lock with 2 arrogant captains, the wind was blowing of course, and no one canal is the same as any other.  So you learn as you go.  I am a very slow learner.  Needeless to say today SUCKED.  But we made it through and if the weather is good we will leave on Lake Ontario

tomorrow for Canada.  It will take 3 days to get there as there are several little towns we want to see along the way.  That is OK as we just found out we need a special permit decal to enter Canada and come home, we don't have it so we are scrambling to get it done.  I hope they will accept a printed version, if not the boat may become a Canadian boat.  Right now that is fine with me.  Since we are leaving the USA, I thought I would follow David Letterman and do

my least favorite things about the Great Loop in the US.....

10.Not having friends with us to share the fun.

  9.Finding a Marina

  8.Arragant Captains, or Channel Hogs

  7.Thunderstorms

  6.Strong Currents

  5.Rough Water

  4.Winds in Open Water

  3.Docking and Undocking

  2.Anchoring Out

  Can anybody guess what #1 is?

   1.LOCKS  GOING IN, COMING OUT, AND STAYING INSIDE THE LOCK

Other than these 10 things we are so happy that we are doing this.  We knew it was going to be a stretch for us, (and some days are very stretchy), but overall we would give it a 9+.  Sure hope some hardy souls will come and enjoy the Trent-Severn Canal system with us, only 43 locks in that group. Canada is suppose to be beautiful.  Trouble comes in 3's.  Our third problem is my pictures won't come up.  That's ok, I didn't take many, as I was to busy with
the locks to take many.  Hopefully tomorrow will be better in sooooo many ways.  Miss you all terribly.