13 May 2014

We were happy to see the Erie Canal direction sign as we came into town. Even happier as we tied up to the Waterford Visitor Center that was free and electric was only $10. This was the best deal so far on the trip.

We walked up to Lock 2 (about 200 yards from where we were docked) to scope out what it looked like. Seemed very much like Lock 1 The Troy Lock. Next was a quick wander through town to scope out where to eat.

After squaring the boat away and trying to get caught up on blog posts we relaxed for an hour.

Docked behind us was a trawler from Canada and I went over to chat for a few moments. They live on the Trent-Severn Waterway and gave me a card to call when I got closer. They were up from Florida going home for the summer. They had done the loop and wished us well on our trip.

Dinner was at McGreivey’s, our other choice The Angry Penguin was more of a bar.

Susan had “the best shepherds pie from a restaurant” (the one she makes is MUCH BETTER) and I had the Cajun Jambalaya. It was good, but after a while the Cajun spice started to build.

We did the short walk home and after some Internet surfing we fell into bed, dreaming of our first locks on the Erie Canal.