Day 33: Heavy rains, thunder and lightning overnight didn’t dampen our spirits, but it did make the satellite signal for our internet a bit spotty……time to catch up on other things. After a good nights sleep, we were off to meet the lock master and be the first customer at Lock O5 for opening time of 7 am. Lock O5 was an easy 18’ vertical drop. Then onto Lock O6 just 3.3 miles up river for another 20’ drop. Our final lock before stopping for a shower and 10:00 am meeting was less than half a mile up the river – Lock O7 and a 14.5’ drop. We were all tied up at 8:25 am – not bad for 3 locks. So much faster when it’s just one boat in the lock. We stopped there for a zoom call at 10:00 am and had lunch.
Finished lunch and passed through lock O8 (our last on the Oswego Canal) around 12:30 pm. Being the only boat in the lock, the lock master allowed us to just float in the middle of the chamber and not hold onto the lines against the edge. That was fabulous so I could video and move around the boat. Check out the 2 videos below – it was very cool. Did the video in 2 pieces so it was not too long.
We are now settled into the Oswego Marina, just north of Lock O8 where we will get out the bikes and do some sightseeing and provisioning, then do another Zoom call.
It looks like our Amazon packages won’t arrive until tomorrow. Gotta love that Amazon will deliver to you anywhere and meetings are virtual! We will be off into Lake Ontario to Sackets Harbor Thursday at the earliest unless Amazon surprises us with early delivery.
Sackets Harbor is about a 4 hour run, just west of Watertown and still on the US Side. Weather becomes a bigger factor now out of the canals. Weather window through Thursday looks good with some wind and waves after that.
Jean Wagner
Thanks for all the info! We are