July 3 a much better day

  Yesterday we were up and off from the lock head quarters by 7:45 and through lock 13 by 9:00. We had no trouble with any of the locks. Around lock 15 or 16 you leave the Mohawk River and are in the canal. The result is we motored at 7 to 7.4 rather then 5.8 to 6 knots.

  Today we are going to Brewerton and staying at The Brewerton Boatyard. We are going to cross Lake Oneida and be ready for the opening of The Oswego Canal. We have no reason to believe it will open but we will be ready. By Sunday it will have been closed for 4 days.

Lock 20

The Erie Canal