Messing
About in Boats, Boots, and Byways:
Archive of Erie Canal Journal entries for 2002:
06 July 02 |
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One
of our favorite destinations is the Erie Canal,
which originally began in downtown Buffalo, and
later when the canal was widened and renamed the
Erie Canal Barge Canal, the canal began, and still
begins, at North Tonawanda on the Niagara River
where Tonawanda Creek empties into the river.
We have biked in five-mile bites from Lockport
to Brockport, and we've rowed a time or two, too. |
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| Rowin'
and driftin' in our skiff
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At
left, self-portrait at Holley Town Wall on the
canal. Above, detail of canal bank, with Shasta
Daisies and Medina limestone. |
06
July 02: Today
we took The Weekend Skiff on the new boat trailer
to the Erie Canal. The boat and trailer were happy,
and we were, too. We put in between Brockport and
Holley and rowed west for a mile or two to the Holley
Town Wall. Then we drifted back with the current and
wind to the dock. The weather yesterday was incredible;
today we had lots of haze, some gentle wind, and nice
temperatures. Half the big boat boaters who passed
us by shouted out admiration for the skiff.
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