After going through the first seven locks on the Erie Canal, we decided to call it a day so we eased over to the wall at Lock 8. Many of the locks have free walls to tie up to, some with power, some with just beautiful scenery. Lock 8 was scenic but the noise from the 100+ freight cars does NOT add to the tranquility of the area. We chatted with the lockmaster who through our conversation we discovered that his daughter lives in Newtown---another small world meeting! We took this photo of him with the rainbow in the background...had to be all of our lucky day!
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| Dave Eipert |
This beginning part of the Erie Canal is made up of the Mohawk River which is relatively narrow with plenty of trees lining its bank. Surprisingly, there are few houses on the river as many do not use this for vacation homes.
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| Floating down the Mohawk River- notice the gold Looper Flag! |
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| Canajoharie is famous for Beechnut |
Canajoharie, the home of Beechnut (as in baby food and gum), was our next stop for the night. The town supplied us with a new dock with power and water just because they like us-how nice is that! Beechnut has recently moved out to a new facility in another part of the county so no one has lost their jobs. They left behind the aging town that is trying to reinvent itself. They are working hard to modernize it. It offers a wonderful library with an interesting art museum, housing Winslow Homer oils and watercolors and other artists from this region.
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| Canajoharie getting a well deserved face lift |
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