Baldwinsville: Traveling the road less traveled. Today we came to the crossroad on the Erie Canal. Go north on the Oswego Canal towards Canada or continue west on the Erie Canal. Most loopers choose the Oswego Canal to Canada because of the wonderful cruising waters (so I’m told) in Canada. Height restrictions (15’6″ max) onContinue reading “New York – Erie Canal – The Western Half”
Monthly Archives: July 2023
New York – Erie Canal – The Eastern half
Waterford–flight of 5 locks: 13+ looper boats are headed west on the Erie Canal. We decided to wait for the second group vs rushing to get to Lock 2 at 8am with the 7 others boats. Flight of 5 locks + 1 lock with 5 other boats that very hot day. We cruised about 20nmContinue reading “New York – Erie Canal – The Eastern half”
New York – Hudson River
Croton-on-the Hudson/Half Moon Bay Marina: The scenery changed as we left the metropolis of NY city. The river has rocky bluffs/mountains on either shore and the river is plenty deep (unlike the lowlands in the Carolinas). As we travel north there is less and less marine traffic. We arrived at our next stop, Half MoonContinue reading “New York – Hudson River”
Tim & Martha's trip around the Great Loop 