October 3

Today started early again, in the dark. We needed to make the first locking at the next lock and it was about five miles away. We were also still in the lock on the hour eastbound area of the canal and that cost us some time. But all's well that ends well. Here we are getting our first look at Waterford and its visitor center. The wall looks full and it was. There was room for one of us. Sabbatical was offered a raft off the barge that had just arrived as we came out of the lock. We took on the offer. Eagle's Wings got into the open area on the wall.
There was a nice meal at our favorite local pub here in Waterford and then a game of marbles with our boat buddies, the Washers. Here is Sabbatical tied up to the tow from the Troy area. We had washed the grime of the locks off before going to dinner. Just the federal lock tomorrow and we are done with locks for many miles. A rendezvous with Jeff Jones, one of my college roommates, is still in play. It all depends on how fast we can get the mast up tommorow at Catskill Creek and get to a place close enough for him to drive from Fishkill.