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| The Adirondacks in the distance |
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| This little house withstood all the floods, we remember it from the last trip |
We had an auspicious start to our day today. We left Amsterdam and headed up to lock 12 nice and early. We arrived at 7:30 and the lock master said he would be ready in a couple of minutes. He came back on to say he had lost power and didn't know when it would be restored. We tied up at the lock wall in heavy current and stayed there bouncing around for a while when he told us his back up generator was not working either and we should head back to Lock 11 because he didn't know if it would take hours or days to restore power. Back we went to last night's tie up and we waited for an hour. We were just headed into town, figuring we would be there all day, when the lock master at lock eleven told us we could lock through at the next lock. Off we went again along with two other boats to lock 12.
Other than that, it was a fabulous day on the water, sunshine, light winds and little traffic. We still managed to make it to our intended destination of Herkimer. There is a lot of natural debris floating down the river and the current is still quite swift especially near the locks. We charged into many of them today to be able to maintain steering. Quite a few of the buoys are missing or at the wrong place so we had to be vigilant in watching the charts to figure things out. Pleasure boating is challenging.
We are at, yes, a free wall surrounded by highways, it could be a noisy night. Last night we had trains going by and neither one of us heard any overnight. I am sore all over from trying to hold the boat in the locks so I don't think I will have trouble sleeping.
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| North Star with the Waterfront Grille in the background in Herkimer |
We will keep going tomorrow and hopefully make it to Sylvan Beach for a mother's day dinner at the Crab Shack.
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