Day 9 – July 29

First thing this morning before we headed out, the cruise ship Grand Mariner came out of the Lock. Much like the Kawartha Voyageur this ship is build to the maximum bridge clearance on the Erie. As we continue east the water is becoming the color of chocolate milk as this section is all man made canal and the silt turns the water very muddy as you can see from the water that runs off the lock lines. This area is also heavily controlled by flood gates and at Little Falls we locked through their deepest Lift Lock of 40 feet. There have been some interesting boats including this English Canal boat which apparently is a rental. The water is getting clearer once we entered the Mohawk River which forms part of the Canal. Our day ended again after a gruelling 10 hours of travel and 70 miles covered. Our final stop is in the town of Amsterdam at the River Link Park. Cost is only $1.00/foot and included power, water, pump out and ice. On the down side River Link is right beside the rail tracks which must cross a road and the train can be heard all night.