Now on to new things
We have been down the Richelieu River, Chambly Canal, Lake Champlain and the Champlain Canal to rest at Waterford New York. 1 more lock and we are FREE on the Hudson and then down to New York City. We will be putting the mast up in a couple of days.
So far we have traveled over 750 miles, 68 or so locks in just over 3 weeks. Who said this was easy, last few days on the Champlain canal our electronic charts would not zoom in to anything less than 3 miles, at least they gave a general direction of the river course ... the detail on depth was not there. The hard copy charts were not much better... thank goodness the canal is well "buoyed'
Had one soft grounding on one poorly marked channel, at least as Capt'n , I take the prerogative to say the charts failed (LOL) ... no harm done... several deadhead in these waters so you had to stay alert..
I erred on naming the mountains in my previous blog.. these are the Adirondacks and parts of them were breathless.. a bit overwhelming. Passing areas at 6 kts per hour , you were able to spend time watching them at various angles and vantage points. In a car which we have done before, they are still wonderful but I was usually driving and at 60 miles an hour. This is so basic and I truly am fortunate. I' ll save my "Deliverance" movie story until I see you in person. I dared not take out my banjo at 1 town we stopped at.
Anyway enjoy these few pics of Lake Champlain.
Ciao for now.
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