Walked the short distance to the historic museum of Palmyra. The boys earned their Junior Ranger Erie Canal badges by completing activities to learn about the Erie Canal history before and during the trip.
Lock 29 – lifts 16 feet
Lock 29 – lifts 16 feet
Lock 29 – at the top
Lock 29 – at the top
Lock 29 – information sign
Smile painted on the work house.
Riding alongside a main road.
Makes the day when we get a truck to honk!
Old Lock 60 Park – one of the original locks.
Standing in an original Erie Canal lock.
Old Lock 60.
Huge granite walls.
To think of the men who did all this work 200 years ago without heavy machinery is almost inconceivable.
Fishing while waiting for the lock to open. Asbury caught a freshwater drum!
Fishing while waiting for the lock to open. Asbury caught a freshwater drum!
Lock 30 – lifts 16 feet
Lock 30 – lifts 16 feet
Lock 30 – at the top
Lock 30 – at the top
Mural of an old Eroe canal boat painted on one of the buildings at Lock 30.
Cruising.
Pulled into Macedon Landing Marina to fuel up. They are home to Erie Canal Adventures – canal boat rentals. There are many rental boat companies dotted along the canal.
Boat is fueled up, now the boys are fueling up!
Entering the town of Fairport.
Interesting wood paneled boat.
The bridge ahead, lift bridge E – 126, is built on a slant and no two angles on the entire bridge are the same.
Driving away from the slanted bridge.
Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal.
Patriotic wrapped boat.
This was a pretty fancy house along the canal.
Yard decor.
Bushnell’s Basin guard gate.
Town of Pitsford – old flour mill on the right, converted to apartments.
Town of Pitsford.
Celebrating 200 years on the Erie Canal.
Erie Canal tour boat.
“Lock alarm!” As stated by the boys upon spotting the next lock.
Lock 32 – lifts 25 feet – at this lock the boys used our own dock lines and pulled it through a cable on the wall to hold the boat while being lifted
Lock 32 – lifts 25 feet – at this lock the boys used our own dock lines and pulled it through a cable on the wall to hold the boat while being lifted.
Old Lock 32 sign.
Lock 32 – at the top
Lock 32 – at the top
Looking back as leaving Lock 32
Lock 33 – last lock of the day.
Lock 33 – raises 25 feet, same as lock 32 in that the boys used our dock lines to hold the boat
Lock 33 – raises 25 feet, same as lock 32 in that the boys used our dock lines to hold the boat
Lock 33 – last lock of the day.
Lock 33 – last lock of the day.
Lock 33 – information sign
Mile 260 to 264 – known as the “Rock Cut” as this part of the canal was cut through deep, solid rock.
Town of Spencerport. Erie Canal Barge on the right.
Spencerport lift bridge E 174. We had to call the lift bridge operator to request an opening.
Lift Bridge E 178.
The same operator controls both this bridge and the last, referred to as a roaming operator. He met us at this bridge after the last one to let us through again.
Docked for the night in the town of Brockport. The boys fish at any chance they get!
View from the deck of our boat for the night.
The boat tucked in for the night.