As you can see, we are continuing to make our way east on the canal. One more night on the canal and we will cut south to spend a few days on the finger lakes of New York. The canal continues to change form as the straight cuts of several days ago have changed to more of a river-like setting. Trees line both sides except when we come close to the towns. Many backyards line parts of the canal.
Newark is very close to the original Erie Canal - Steve is standing in what was lock 59! Very narrow and only a boat with a draft of less than 4 feet could pass through the locks and canal. Good thing the harbor is deeper now as our boat draws close to 4 feet!
Found an interesting clock museum here in the public library. It was primarily the collection of one person and had some really nice grandfather clocks. One of the clocks from the 1800's kept both the time and date and could account for leap years. It had a gear the turned only 1 time every 8 years - truly amazing :-)
Overall a great day - sweatshirt and shorts - my favorite weather ....
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