Amsterdam, former residence of Kirk Douglas, supplied a new Park and dock for SONATA and CANDY DISH. SONATA remained here two days through a series of intense thunderstorms.
The previous picture of Amsterdam Riverlink Park was taken from the pedestrian tower one has to climb to cross over the CSX railroad. AMTRAK or a CSX freight appears to pass every 20 minutes. Great train sounds throughout the day and night. The tracks so far parallel the Canal on the North side.
Minutes away from the Riverlink Park Dock we were approaching Lock #11. At the lock you could observe trees down around the lock grounds all from the previous days of thuderstorms.
After Lock #11 . . . comes Lock #12, surprise, surprise. Each one is slightly different. In some you hold on to ropes that have been living in the water ... slime, others have poles or cable fastened to the lock walls and you put a line around the pole or cable to hold the boat close. Bonnie has to place SONATA gently against the lock wall so others can grab the pole, cable, or rope . . . She does a great job and theh lock personnel love her North Carolina accent on the radio.
With AMTRAK on the North side I-90 is on the South side. Some people are rushing to work at 70-80 mph while we travel at 7-8 mph.
Canajoharie, the home of Beech-Nut Baby Food, provided us with a free dock, 50 amp electric service and water. The town was just a short walk away with meatloaf for lunch and pizza for dinner. The 28th of June, last year, this area was under water. Our lunch site which was up hill in town was destroyed by the water and other town stores has more than three feet. TV stations were out and about conducting "one-year-later" interviews.
Amsterdam, former residence of Kirk Douglas, supplied a new Park and dock for SONATA and CANDY DISH. SONATA remained here two days through a series of intense thunderstorms.
The previous picture of Amsterdam Riverlink Park was taken from the pedestrian tower one has to climb to cross over the CSX railroad. AMTRAK or a CSX freight appears to pass every 20 minutes. Great train sounds throughout the day and night. The tracks so far parallel the Canal on the North side.
Minutes away from the Riverlink Park Dock we were approaching Lock #11. At the lock you could observe trees down around the lock grounds all from the previous days of thuderstorms.
After Lock #11 . . . comes Lock #12, surprise, surprise. Each one is slightly different. In some you hold on to ropes that have been living in the water ... slime, others have poles or cable fastened to the lock walls and you put a line around the pole or cable to hold the boat close. Bonnie has to place SONATA gently against the lock wall so others can grab the pole, cable, or rope . . . She does a great job and theh lock personnel love her North Carolina accent on the radio.
With AMTRAK on the North side I-90 is on the South side. Some people are rushing to work at 70-80 mph while we travel at 7-8 mph.
Canajoharie, the home of Beech-Nut Baby Food, provided us with a free dock, 50 amp electric service and water. The town was just a short walk away with meatloaf for lunch and pizza for dinner. The 28th of June, last year, this area was under water. Our lunch site which was up hill in town was destroyed by the water and other town stores has more than three feet. TV stations were out and about conducting "one-year-later" interviews.
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ReplyDeleteYour comments and excellent pictures are without a doubt, are incredible! Like we are right along with you all. We get up every morning looking forward to your updates. Yep, wish we were there with you all. We were concerned with all those thunderstorms that went thru NY> Glad to hear all is OK.
Pete and Sue