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Daily stats
Start: 6:30 AM - Outside of Schenectady, NY
Finish: 11:00 AM - Fort Hamilton, NY (Lock No. 12)
Time: 4:30 Hours
Daily dist: 15 miles
Total dist: 3600+ miles
Companions: Solo on the water but met up with Otto and Larry Herrmann later on
Weather: Hot mostly sunny and windy
Notes: I needed to get my gear sorted and dried before meeting up with Larry and Otto so I made it a shorter than normal day.
A rain shower woke me at about 4:00 AM this morning and I happily rolled over in bed and fell back asleep to the sound of rain drops strumming the roof of my tent. Happily by 6:00 when I emerged from the safety of the tent the skies had broken and rays of sunshine through the broken clouds hinted at the nice day that was in store for me.
Daily stats
Start: 6:30 AM - Outside of Schenectady, NY
Finish: 11:00 AM - Fort Hamilton, NY (Lock No. 12)
Time: 4:30 Hours
Daily dist: 15 miles
Total dist: 3600+ miles
Companions: Solo on the water but met up with Otto and Larry Herrmann later on
Weather: Hot mostly sunny and windy
Notes: I needed to get my gear sorted and dried before meeting up with Larry and Otto so I made it a shorter than normal day.
A rain shower woke me at about 4:00 AM this morning and I happily rolled over in bed and fell back asleep to the sound of rain drops strumming the roof of my tent. Happily by 6:00 when I emerged from the safety of the tent the skies had broken and rays of sunshine through the broken clouds hinted at the nice day that was in store for me.
Bill was to be picked up by his wife sometime in the late morning so he slept in while I packed the Ikkuma and finalized my plans for the day. The first lock was only two miles upstream (and wouldn’t open until 7:00 AM) so I took my time saying farewell to Bill before hitting the water.
The morning remained flat calm until I reached the second lock of the day. There when the gates swung open a the top of the lift I was met with a bit of a headwind. Working against the headwind (which was actually more refreshing than frustrating in the 80 degree heat) I made my way through two more locks to Lock No. 12 where I planned to set up camp and wait for my friends from San Diego, Larry and Otto, to arrive via. Rental car from Rochester.
Just like clockwork, the guys arrived just two hours after I got off the water and we quickly stowed my gear and piled into the car for a re-supply run into town. Afterward we returned to camp and while Otto set up his new tent for only the second time ever, I sorted the newly acquired food into it’s respective dry bags. Larry hung out as long as he dare before getting back on the road for the three hour drive back to Rochester where he’ll be visiting his family while Otto and I paddle west over the next two and a half days.
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