Day 35: Up the Detroit River

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Day 35: Up the Detroit River

Up the Detroit River to St. Claire Lake and the Nautical Mile

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Days 33-34: Fireworks in the Rain?

Tom cleaning up his act for the Fourth of July - special Speedo just for the occasion.

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Days 31-32: Put-In Bay, Lake Erie

Landed in Put-In Bay for Fourth of July!

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Day 30: Westward on Lake Erie

Hightailing it across (most of) Lake Erie

Day 29: Buffalo, on the shore of Lake Erie

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Day 29: Buffalo, on the shore of Lake Erie

Meeting friends in Buffalo and ending of the Erie

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Day 28: We leave the Erie Canal

Last leg of the Erie Canal before arriving on Lake Erie.

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Day 27: A near decapitation

Another badge of dishonor

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Day 26: Up State NY rural beauty

Discovering the beauty of the western Erie Canal and Upstate New York

Day 25: Westward! And Dr John joins us …

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Day 25: Westward! And Dr John joins us …

Dr. John joins the adventure

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Day 23: Waiting for Dr John

Getting ready to do the western Erie Canal

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Day 22: Dean’s Last Day Crewing

Lots of rain, more errands and our last day with Dean.

Day 21: End of the East Erie Canal Section

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Day 21: End of the East Erie Canal Section

Brewerton, NY on Lake Oneida - a milestone in our journey.

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Day 20: Day of Rest …

Humidity?

Day 19: Survival (not triumph) of Locks 11-17!

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Day 19: Survival (not triumph) of Locks 11-17!

Amsterdam to Little Falls - Locks 11 -17

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Day 18: Schnectady to Amsterdam NY

Rainy rough day going through the locks but a good ending.

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Day 17: The Erie Canal Locks!

Navigating the locks on the Erie Canal.

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Day 16: Dean Arrives

Dean has arrived to help us through the locks.

Day 15: The End of the Hudson River Ride

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Day 15: The End of the Hudson River Ride

We had to say goodbye to Jill at the end of the Hudson River

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Day 14: Onward! to New Baltimore

These guys bid us farewell from Rondout Yacht Basin

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Day 13: Hudson River Valley History

Visiting Hyde Park and the Vanderbilt Mansion