Everyone was up at 5:45am to prepare our departure from the Oswego. Early morning but we were all excited to start cruising after 5 days at the dock. We went to see Social Network at the local theatre last night, amazing movie (definitely recommend it to everyone) and probably the last movie for us for awhile. Good cruising day today, it started out cloudy but the sun came out this afternoon making the color of the leaves even more spectacular. Everyone got the hang of the locks especially since the first 3 locks are only five minutes apart. We cruised most of the day with 5 other boats in the locks together, so we quickly got into the groove. The sailboat in front of us gave us a fright when he came to a dead stop in front of us with wash from a dam right beside us. Ted maneuvered the boat like an expert to keep us from hitting the break wall. Once docked along the wall Ted had a few words with the other boat and explained the danger he put us in with such a stupid maneuver. But being a captain and a gentlemen Ted was always in control - no damage and no hard feelings. All in all we had a amazing day. We had drinks and devoured an amazing spinach dip at sunset and made a toast to another for a successful cruising day. We are now a dock at Brewerton NY for the night with hydro for the first time since we left Toronto last Monday. Had a bubble bath tonight....Life is good.
PS from Liz our experiences to date have been so neat as our activities are quickly determined by the weather which in turn affects everything else. Our forced stay in Oswego gave us the opportunity to get to know our Captain and his First Mate and they are awesome hosts. We are enjoying gourmet fare, adventures, games, lots of laughs and each other - what more can you ask! Our accomodation is first class and I highly recommend the whole package!
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