Waterford, NY

We had a hard time finding anyone in charge at Hop-O-Nose marina until this morning when we saw some guys standing the masts on several sailboats.  Sailboats pull their masts and lay them on the deck to go through the Erie Canal.  There is a 15' clearance on some bridges in the canal.  Then when they get here, they hire Hop-O-Nose to put them back up.

Here's our spot.

We walked into Cats Kill this morning to tour the town.  I had read that the town was full of dead cats.  I knew that would be something Pam would like to see.  She must have taken a hundert photos of all the cats, but I'll only bore you with a few.

Cat in the hat cat

 Coke Cat

 Batman and Robin cat  (Robin is on the tail)

 Fishing cat

Cool Cat

My favorite....Cat-scan Cat

 Timing is everything.............just as we turned to come down the other side of the street, we saw some workmen removing the cats.  Today was the last day for the cats to be displayed.  They are auctioning them tomorrow. They had already loaded up some--including the Tin Man cat.

Here's downtown Cats Kill

On NOrth up the Hudson.  More lighthouses.

Unlike the rivers in the midwest, where towboats push barges, here, tugboats tow barges.

Here's Albany, NY.

Not far out of Albany, we spotted two eagles.

We turned left here, and are now tied up at the Erie Canal welcome center.

They put the "troll" boats under the bridge.  That's another Rosborough behind us.

I think we're going to head back south tomorrow.  We're going to try to get back to our truck tomorrow, and put the boat on the trailer to tow it over to Seneca Lake.  We will launch there, and go up to the Erie Canal and go west from there.