Holley, Medina

There aren't many locks in this part of the canal, but there are a lot of lift bridges.  Here's the one at Spencerport.

You call the bridgetender on the VHF radio, and let him know you want to pass.  Several times today, we discovered that the same person operated three bridges that are 3 or 4 miles apart, so when you get to his second and third bridge, he has driven there in his car, and is waiting for us to pass.  They usually ask how far we plan to go, and call ahead to the next few bridges to alert them.  The last one today, asked if we wanted the code to the showers here on the FREE dock in Medina.

We stopped this morning in Holley to walk down a path to look at a waterfall.

 I mentioned that my navigation programs only show a single line for the canal. So I finally figured out that I can get internet access by making my phone a hot spot, and then get Google Earth on my android tablet.  The blue spot is us.

Tonight, we're tied up to the FREE wall in Medina.  The people in the sailboat are from Kentucky and on their way to the Florida Keys.  The people in the canal boat are from Missouri, and are cruising for a week.

The canal here is above the surrounding countryside.  We have been looking over the embankment at rooftops of nearby homes, and the tops of trees.  Across from where we are tonight the canal is 80 feet above a stream that runs underneath the canal.  It comes out and over a waterfall.  This photo was taken from the canal trail, just above the surface of the canal.

There is a railroad museum in Medina that has a very large model train layout.  The guy is one of those whacky retired firemen, so in addition to the train stuff, he has a couple hundert fire helments.
I took too many photos.  You can see the museum online at www.RailroadMuseum.net