After an enjoyable 2 nights at Tonawanda, we were ready to move on.
A tremendous storm rolled through on last night at Tonawanda - we were very happy to be tied securely (with extra lines) to the dock as wind gust of up to 70 mph were expected.
Anyway, off we went headed east on the Erie Canal. To be traveling on a canal 125 feet wide and an average depth of 11 feet is quite a different experience that the last six weeks spend traveling Lake 
Erie! Even if we sank, we could still stand on the top of the boat and be out of the water.....
Lockport is the first of the locks we will go through. Very similar to the Trent-Severn locks except much larger. Nice museum right by the lock which had many old photo's of the these particular locks being built. Originally there were two sets of flight locks of 5 locks. One for upbound traffic and one for downbound. The south flight was replaced with 2 very large electrically operated. The north locks are still there and now serve as the overflow for the locks.
Ho hum day - nothing broke or needed attention :-) Tomorrow: on to Medina, NY
Erie! Even if we sank, we could still stand on the top of the boat and be out of the water.....
Lockport is the first of the locks we will go through. Very similar to the Trent-Severn locks except much larger. Nice museum right by the lock which had many old photo's of the these particular locks being built. Originally there were two sets of flight locks of 5 locks. One for upbound traffic and one for downbound. The south flight was replaced with 2 very large electrically operated. The north locks are still there and now serve as the overflow for the locks.
Ho hum day - nothing broke or needed attention :-) Tomorrow: on to Medina, NY
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