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We decided for an early departure for our 50 mile run to Cornwall, Ontario. We had three locks to get through and expected some delays. We traveled along the US and Canadian border as it narrowed near Chimney Point. The St. Lawrence River had a light current working with us Continue Reading

Mike and I got up early and got the boat running before the girls got up for our short 10 mile ride down the St. Lawrence to visit Singer Castle on our way to Montreal. We had another great weather day and the holiday boat traffic was heavy. We arrived Continue Reading

Today we look forward to our run east on the St. Lawrence Seaways to Alexandria Bay, NY and JP’s Marine. We bid farewell to our Looper friends and dropped our lines. The weather was great with light winds and current out of the west. The shoreline and rocky islands were Continue Reading

We woke up early for our 40 mile run to Clayton NY. The weather was calm but there was a haze from the Canadian fires that made it difficult for great pictures of the beautiful Black River bay and eastern shore of Lake Ontario. We headed west then north towards Continue Reading

Today we woke up to light fog and light winds out of the southwest so we decided it was a good day to move forward. We were joined by “Coconuts” in the last lock of the Oswego Canal. Our plan for the day was to reach Sackets Harbor’s Navy Point Continue Reading

After a stormy and sleepless night it was time to move north on the Oswego Canal towards the city of Oswego. We had three locks ahead of us before our planned stop between locks 7 and 8. As we passed through lock 7 there were several geese trying to enter Continue Reading

Once being denied a slip for a second night at Winter harbor Marina we decided to move forward. Our friends on Runaway asked us to hang back and grab a free wall as they were getting prop work but we decided to move on. The fuel dock is self serve Continue Reading

After a noisy night on the wall in Sylvan Beach we woke up to the boat being covered with May Flies. we didn’t want to sweep them off because they would leave a mess on the boat so i hoped that while underway most would fly or fall off so Continue Reading

After a quiet evening against the wall at Lock 21 we woke up to a great sunrise looking forward to a short run to the village of Sylvan Beach which is at the eastern shore of Oneida Lake. The community was founded around 1840. Public transportation, in the form of Continue Reading

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