It rained a good part of Wed night and this morning (Thurs) but finally cleared enough that we headed out about 1 pm. We were at the western end of Oneida Lake (the largest lake actually on the Erie canal) and traveled the 20 mile length east against a 1 foot chop. Pleasant enough with a t-shirt, turtleneck, sweatshirt and windbreaker! We ended up in Sylvan Beach - a very quaint summer resort town with a permanent amusement park. It was like going back to the 50's again! All of the rides that used to be at the traveling fairs + 1 fairly large roller coaster. It's pretty much closed up except one last weekend.
Thursday night in Sylvan Beach is the gathering of the old cars - complete with music from the 60's. Steve greatly admired the Firebird and it's door locks! Reminded us of Matt's car!! (Not the locks - just the car.) The beach here is one of the few we have encountered and with it facing west, the sunset was again wonderful. It's funny how the sunset is such a draw - there were lots of folks who came out to see it.
We were able to dock under the bridge over the canal and plug in. We don't have to have electricity but it makes life easier if we do. So far we have travled 355 miles on the Erie canal and the two finger lakes and will travel just another 14 before we turn around and head back to Brewerton where we will leave the boat. Plans for leaving are still up in the air -
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