- 38.8 miles
- 4 hours 42 minutes
- 7.8 average speed
- 1-7 mph winds
We went through two locks today. Both locked down which we had not done before. We stopped at Sylvan Beach for a couple of hours on our way from Rome to Brewerton. We had breakfast and walked around a small craft fair.
We’ve been staying on free walls for most of our time on the Erie Canal but Brewerton has several marinas so we chose to stay in one. We had docktails on the marina pavilion with about 10 couples before watching the fireworks which the city set off on July 3. So many funny stories were exchanged and the evening was filled with much laughter! The marina had decorated for the 4th and had also put out two gorgeous flower arrangements.
On the 4th, Kevin played golf with Rob and Darrel while Ellen worked on route planning for the rest of the Erie Canal with Karen and Misty. Later, we took a loaner car from the marina and went to the grocery store and Home Depot. We ran into Susi and Mark from Rose Cottage, who were staying at a different marina and also had a loaner car. That evening, we removed the isinglass on the flybridge, lowered the bimini and lowered the radar arch and other antennas in preparation for passing under some upcoming low bridges on the Western half of the Erie Canal.
