Man Overboard!!! Literally!!!
We started our day with locking down in Lockport through Locks 35 and 34. Lock 35 was uneventful with me on the bow and Scott and Aiden on the stern. Lock 34 was perfect. Aiden now on the stern, Scott in the Captain’s chair and me on the bow seemed like it would go more smoothly than usual. Well, until I see Scott race out the back, Aiden’s pole in the water and much to my surprise and very scared, soaking wet Aiden on the back of the boat. Apparently the pole got stuck around the lines that are supplied by the canal system. Aiden didn’t let go of the pole until he realized he was going in. Scott sprang to action by pulling down the swim ladder and Aiden had already swam to the back of the boat for stability. I, on the other hand, just started to laugh. Laugh, very hard. I think Aiden will remember this particular lock for a long, long time.
Traveling down the Erie Canal we pass several little towns. Gasport, known to have had gas discovered in the mid 1850’s and thusly named, Middleport, Medina (a great place to investigate), Knowlesville, Albion (great place to stop and investigate), Holley (with its gazebo and small town atmosphere it would be a great place to investigate), and finally our destination Brockport. Brockport is a cute town, with its small downtown shops, great stopping place at the terminal wall, lots of restaurants and apparently 4th of July fireworks. But, they decided to hold them on the 3rd of July. Who does that? So here we sit on the biggest American holiday there is and find out that we missed the big display by one night. Disappointed. You betcha. And it has started to rain.
So once again traveling east on this portion of the canal is boring. Very boring, but still all you can do is make the best of it and enjoy the scenery and, of course, the company.
