So Near Yet.......

Whisper was underway at first light this morning, her skipper filled with anticipation of a hot shower and ice cubes for his libations from the Waterford, NY Maritime Visitors Center. Alas, it was not to be. A tugboat rally in Waterford, at the intersection of the Hudson River has closed the Visitor's Center docks to pleasure boats. So here we sit at Lock 3, the skipper feeling pretty gamey.

Lock 3 is 2/3 of the way 'down the mountain' in a series of 34' "flight locks". They are called flight locks because it is like going down a staircase, one lock right after the other. The locks must be synchronized in such a way that walls of water from the upper locks don't overwhelm the lower locks.

At least the rain is washing some of the accumulated lock wall slime from Whisper's decks. I may go stand out in the rain, nude with a bar of soap. Maybe I'll wait till after dark to do that.
Below are some pictures from the last few days of canal travel. Enjoy.

The view in Lock 7 looking up from the bottom

And the view looking "down the mountain" exiting the lock

As the river walls become high rocky cliffs, small waterfalls like this become common.