Herkimer & Perkins: Building Backyard Boats in Buffalo, NY

Messing About in Boats, Boots, and Byways:

Archive of Erie Canal Journal entries for 2003: 18 July 03

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.

Erie Canal Journal entries for 2003 -- listed by headings with links to files
Erie Canal Journal entries for 2003 -- posted in one file

Erie Canal Journal entries for 2002 -- listed by headings with links to files
Erie Canal Journal entries for 2002 -- posted in one file

Dazzling dark, bright shadows

18 July 03: We visited the Erie Canal at the Middleport boat launch for our monthly check on the canal. We had a free evening, which made for some beautiful sunset views and pix.

The evening was cool. A sweater would have been a good idea.

I was mesmerized by the diagonal ripples of the bow wake the Harmonica made, after dark, as we drew near to the dock.

The yuloh that I made came along for its first trip on the boat; I have a lot to learn about its use, but it promises to be interesting and useful. I tried it off-center, with a big wood clamp to keep it in place. I'll work on that, too.

Three teen-aged anglers hold down the dock at Middleport boat launch, with Guard Gate in the background.
Another substantial reflection.
Seconds later, the setting sun set the thing on fire.