July 17, 2013 Fonda, New York

We are here!  Which is not Waterford!  This is Fonda New York

Lock  3 with our lock mates

It was the straw that punctured the balloon of complacency.  The third canvas repair guy in Waterford couldn't start on anything until late the following week.  At least he returned a phone call.  So knowing the Canal was re-opening today (Wednesday) we tossed the bikes on the boat, hauled up the dinghy and after watching the first parade of boats head for lock #3 at 8:00am we inserted ourselves in the 8:30 procession.  4 other boats and us.  We went up the Waterford flight of locks (4 locks lifting over 120 feet in total) in about an hour and half.

Lock 12, our last lock of the day.

We motored all day and went through 6 more locks and made it all the way to a town named Fonda near lock #13.  In 90+ degree heat.  The afternoon was a blast (furnace) with the sun directly in our faces.

We found some space on the Wall among some Canal tugs and barges here in Fonda.  Not much else here but we had some Canadian friends over for a visit.  Very fun.

Curious where Fonda is on our journey?  Go here

Had some good news from Brewerton about repairs.  The guy is going to meet us Friday.  All we have to do is boogey through another 10 locks  which is at least another day.  Somewhere in there we have to spend about 5 hours running the generator to make water too. 

Currently were sitting on the boat with the generator running and all 3 A/C units blasting out cold air.   Ahhh …