After our last night in Little Falls we got up early as usual and headed west along with “Beachside” to get through Lock 18. The weather was great and traffic was light. Our travels with “Beachside was short because we had to stop at the Ilion wall and wait for Continue Reading

Rising early to a beautiful day with light winds. We set up for Lock 16 in attempt to be 1st boat through the locks. . The lock walls have been pretty full so we decided to look at Little Falls wall on our way by and if was full we Continue Reading

After a rainy night it was time to move forward. We did not have a final destination but we would head out early for lock 11 and were joined by “Bodensee”.  We traveled through five locks with very light traffic. The sky cleared and it turned into a beautiful day. Continue Reading

After a rainy night in Scotia it was time to move on and we made a run for Amsterdam. The weather was fair with a little rain and light winds. After passing through three uneventful locks, we arrived at the Riverlink Park in Amsterdam and laid up on the wall. Continue Reading

After a few great days in Waterford it was time to say goodbye to “Puffin” move forward on the Erie Canal. The night before we had a captain’s meeting about departure times. We stated our intention to go through the 1st opening. We got up early and idled in the Continue Reading