September 1, Saturday Little Falls, NY to Lock 12

The fireworks last night were superb. The band that played all evening was good also.

We had a beautiful day again today. The scenery is beautiful here through the Adirondack Mountains.
The sky was blue and temperature got close to 80 degrees. There are not as many good places to stop as we near the end (actually the beginning) of the Erie Canal, so we stopped just before Lock 12 to tie up beside a small park. We are right next to a train track and it's pretty loud at times. In fact, quite often. We hope we get some sleep tonight. While we were fixing dinner Mike was saying something about the trains when I looked out and saw a HUGE boat going by us. I told him I thought we had bigger things to worry about than trains at the moment. I was scared-it looked like it could side-swipe us. Well, Mike went down to watch it go through the lock. It had to be 42or 43 feet wide because it took up most of the canal which is 45 feet wide. It was over 100 feet long, but we're not sure how much over. I sure hope we don't end up in any locks with that boat.

We are near the Schoharie Crossing, a site of the original canal with remains of an original aqueduct. We could see it as we went by and thought about taking the dinghy over to look at it since walking to it entails crossing a very scary looking bridge, but we never quite got motivated to go.

Thanks to all who called with results of the football games. Go Michigan State!