Morning finds Eclipse docked for a
second day along the waterfront of Seneca Falls. The town is already
bustling at an early hour as vendors and performers set up for the
day's events. It's bright blue and sunny with a fresh wind from the
west ushering in dry and clear, cool air from Canada. After a
morning breakfast of a sausage and cheese omelet, we set out to
dress up Parital Eclipse for the parade of boats scheduled for four
pm. Utilizing an umbrella that was tossed from a local restaurant,
some cardboard garnered from a recycle bin, fabric from a discarded
folding chair and some spray paint acquired from a quick row across
the canal to the local hardware store, we were able to realize a
quite unique entry into into the contest.
Afternoon found us ambling westward
toward the Elizabeth Cady Stanton house. Run by the National Park
Service, the home is a refurbishment and returned to like original of
the home that Elizabeth lived in while progressing torward the
first Women's Rights movement in our country. Her work grew out of
her participation in the anti-slavery (abolitionist) movement.
During that movement, in which she attended a conference in London,
England, she was told that she would be unable to participate because
she was a woman. The result of these actions became the birth seed
of what would become her life's passion for extending women's rights
to be more inclusive.
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| Belly dancing at Canal Fest. |
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| Seneca Falls Canal Fest |
Returning back to the CanalFest and to
Eclipse, we quickly assembled Partial Eclipse for the parade. Gary
and his son, Peter captained her while I stayed back to gather drone
footage of the event. Although we did not win the competition
outright, we did manage to gain honorable mention and for the rest of
the afternoon we had a steady stream of people coming by to give us
their approvals and admiration for our novel entry!
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| Partial Eclipse festooned with cardboard duck. |
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