Back On Lake Ontario

We did leave Little Falls on Wednesday morning and traveled to Sylvan Beach to tie up on the wall. We locked through most of the locks by ourselves until the three power boats caught up with us at the last two. We said good by to them as we left the last lock, as they were going to cross Oneida Lake. They would cross in half the time it would take us and we didn't want to be arriving in the dark.

Thursday morning we cast off our lines early and headed for Oswego. It was another long day for us but we decided to go all the way and be done with locks for this trip. We had a good crossing on Oneida Lake it was generally calm and flat but the bugs were horrendous. We love it up North and down South but each has it draw backs! We arrived in Oswego in the late afternoon and went to the Oswego Yacht Club for our reciprocal for the evening docking. On Thursdays from 5 to 8 PM, Oswego has a farmers market during the Summer and this was the first night. We needed some provisions and took a walk to town. It reminded us of the many carnivals we attended back in Brockport with all the quick food vendors. After a quick walk around and a walk to the health food store we stopped at the Irish pub for dinner. We turned in early because we planned to leave first thing in the morning before the winds came up.

Friday we set out for Sodus Bay. The water was flat and calm which made for a good trip West on Lake Ontario. The prevailing winds are from the West which can make this a tough trip with the mast up let alone strapped down across the deck. We arrived in the afternoon and the club put us in a slip in stead of the wall. It was a great slip with a long dock and protection from the big surge caused by passing boats.

We couldn't have picked a better weekend to arrive. The cub was having an antique boat show on Saturday and we had already planned to stay til Sunday morning. Our boat wasn't going to be worked on until after the weekend in Rochester anyway. We had a great time at the boat show which ended with a wine tasting. During the event we met up with friends from the club that we met at the Hunter Rendezvous, Chuck and his Bride of four months Allison. They ask if we were going to stay over on Sunday and invited us to their wedding reception that afternoon. We had not planned to stay but could not pass on a chance to get to celebrate with them and get to know Allison. She is a great person and a lot to fun we are looking forward to getting together with them again this Summer. We had a great time at the reception and met many new friends of theirs. We were glad to have been invited.

Just as the party was to begin a front moved in and brought high winds as you can see from the picture. If you look close you can see the waves in the bay. The winds were so strong they took down the tents that were set up in the yard for the reception. The people in the picture were bringing more fenders for the boat on the wall, as it was being pushed by the waves on to the concrete wall. By the way, the power boat in the picture is of Mike and Pat on Libations. They were one of the threes boats we traveled the canal with us. It's great how when you meet on this trip you know you will meet again.

We left on Monday to travel the rest of the trip to Rochester. The lake had one foot waves and it was raining off and on and the flies came out in force. We put up the full enclosure to keep most of them out. The rest of them succumbed to our fly swatters. While we were under way Mike on Libations called to ask where he might get his engine looked at one of them stopped working. They had not planned to stop in Rochester but to go onto Brockport. Here we are together again.

Tuesday Pat and I went to do some laundry thanks to a friend they know in the area. He came to visit and let us take the his car.

Today is Thursday and the week is going by fast. Yesterday our daughter Jennifer took us to Oak Orchard to get our motorcycle out of storage and registered. It looks like we are going to be here in Rochester for a while so having the bike gives us some freedom.