Messing
About in Boats, Boots, and Byways:
Archive of Erie Canal Journal entries for 2003: 19 May
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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.
The
difference was in the dusk
19
May 03: We
went up to the Erie Canal at Middleport for our monthly check-in;
this time we went close to dusk, and it was beautiful to behold.
It was strange to be so near the water yet not upon it, but
we are waiting for warmer temperatures. We were wearing coats,
so it may be a while before we take the Harmonica out.
Setting
sun catches fire in the trees beside the canal. |
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Gap
in the trees casts its reflection in the water. |
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Middleport
Guard Gate up and even, finally, after being up at left
and down at right all winter. |
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Flowering
trees were in evidence. |
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Cold
but not too cold for a fisherman on the dock. |
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