Wednesday and the forecast is aweful. At least it's not snowing. I get up early, cast off and head further up the canal. Decent weather for an hour, then the wind picks up with occasional drizzle, followed by two hours of rain. The tent keeps me mostly dry and Kristen stays below.
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| Kristen makes filling to make... |
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| Crepes for breakfast! |
The posh riverside homes give way to more and more run-down camps and finally to the expansive Montezuma Swamp, now a wildlife sanctuary. People died of malaria digging the canal through here.
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| Eclipse entering C&S Lock 3. Thanks for the photo Mark James! |
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| This house may have inspired the house from It's a Wonderful Life. |
Seneca Falls is our destination, so we leave the Erie Canal in favor of the Seneca-Cayuga Canal. Up one lock, then up a double lock, and we tie up to the wall in downtown Seneca Falls. My grade school classmate Mark James lives here and works for the Farm Bureau, and is well connected. He meets us as we lock through, and again where we tie up. Seneca Falls is full of history, mostly for Woman's Suffrage, but also the Underground Railroad, the movie 'It's a Wonderful Life', the canal, and more. He drives us around to some of the sights and to a local cheese maker (delicious!!) then treats us to dinner.
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| Where it all started. |
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| Barack Obamas visited here. |
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| Kristen at the podium |
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| In the Woman's Rights Museum are many large quilt/tapestries. This shows Frederick Law Olmstead. |
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| A sample of wine at Muranda Cheese Co. |
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| Kristen, Gary, Mark and Tom after sampling a dozen wonderful cheeses. |
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| This church hosted the historic Women's Rights Convention |
The wall includes free electricity, water, bathrooms and showers, and coin-op laundry. We borrow a dehumidifier to help the boat dry out inside.
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