June 11-12 / Day 21-22 / Amsterdam to Little Falls / 42.5 NM

June 11  A couple sitings in Amsterdam

Former Armory that has been converted to a B&B

 

A cool garage across the street from the Armory (part of a private home)

We departed Amsterdam with the goal of heading to Canajoharie.  We traveled with Resolute through locks 11,12 (where we were joined by 17 kayakers),

13 and 14. As we came upon Canajoharie, we did not love the docking.  It was a high wall, under and near Route 90.  We made the quick decision to go through lock 15 with Resolute and tie up on the west side of the lock.  Room for two boats with power and free.  There was a short walk to town to get some groceries.

Have you ever been on the New York freeway / Rte 90, looked over at the river and wondered what is that body of water?  Who uses it? Well, it's the Erie Canal.

Blue dot on map is Observer

June 12   Beautiful morning on the Erie 

Tim rode his bike down to lock 16 on the trail along the canal. All kinds of animals, rabbits, turtles, pigs on a farm. . .Oh the farmer has a couple of dogs. . who are chasing Tim. . .looks like the dogs are fenced in . . .except for that one spot. . . easy doggy. 

We start our work week with lock 16 - no issues.  At lock 17 we had to wait a couple hours for a double barge to lock through.  The is a guillotine style lock so the doors open and close like an overhead door or guillotine. 

Alice and Pat across lock 17 before barge is loaded in

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Alice and Tim walking back to Observer along the canal

Barge exiting the lock

A little while later we had reached our destination for the night - Little Falls, NY.  We snagged a floating dock with power. There were four Looper boats plus the three Lake Champlain YC boats at this spot. Docktails with everyone and then chicken on the grill for dinner.