After Catskill, we came to Houghtaling Creek (about 25 miles from Albany) and ran into a storm worse than we had on the whole trip. So we stopped early,anchored and rode it out with no problems. It was a good night to read and watch a movie. There are trains and a highway on shore but the trains-about every ½ hour- don’t blow their horn so they just added to the scenery. We watched Downton Abbey season 4 (the first hour) that we picked up in Catskill. The weather turned perfect after the storm –75/56 degrees—since it is summer we revised the policy that 60 degrees was too low. We went to bed with all the windows opened—it was just like the great nights out on Center Hill. Another run at the inverter problem and a fuel filter replacement delayed our departure until after noon but we made our way through Albany, Troy Federal Lock (our first since the Virginia Cut) to Waterford, NY. Waterford has the Welcoming Center for the Erie Canal and we will take a couple of days to get the boat in order and learn how to traverse the Canal. We have caught up with our friends Craig and Karen Rahn (aboard Rahn-de-Vous) that we met in Solomons and shopped with in Cape May. They have done New Jersey and New York State differently and we look forward to comparing notes at dinner tonight.
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| Catskill Dock-Mike and Fitz discussing puzzling inverter |
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| Rip Van Winkle Bridge- a lot here is named for the 200 year old Washington Irving story set in Catskill |
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| USS Slater in downrown Albany--narrowly escaped--it was a WWII gun boat with turrets- the only attraction to Albany waterfront as far as we could tell |
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| Directions to the Canals |
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| Troy Lock --on top |
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| Entering Troy Lock |
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