We arrived in Baldwinsville Thursday (May 22) around 6:30. We had been told by the lockmaster in Brewerton that the locks would be open later starting that night. The website for the canal said the summer hours would start on the 23rd. We took advantage of the new hours and tied to the upper wall. We are glad we got there on Thursday as the weekend will be busy here. Boats started lining the wall on Friday for the Memorial Day Weekend blues concert here at the amphitheater.

Mark and Vicki arrived soon after that. We were wined and dined at a very nice restaurant in B'Ville. So nice to have them in Little Sodus Bay this year.

Friday morning brought our daughter Amy and two new crew members. Jake is seven and his sister Gracie is four. They will spend the day with us today(May 24) bringing Sabbatical back to Newark. Sabbatical will sit in Newark until we can get her unloaded and restocked for a month of cruising on Lake Ontario.


Thanks to everyone who has made another adventure on Sabbatical an enjoyable one. To our sailing partners, Eagles' Wings, it was a pleaure having you along. To our many friends in Key Largo, you make it all sooo worth while. And to all those friends we have met along the way both old and new, there are just no words to tell you how filled our hearts are.