After a successful "landing" on the 8' wall of the Waterford docks, we have been enjoying the commodities (free Internet, showers, groceries, etc...)of the great visitor center, here in the village of Waterford. Yesterday, we did the locks 6 to 2 for a descent of about 150 feet which brought us almost at sea level. It became realllllllly exciting when the thunderstorms picked up intensity and forced us to stop at lock # 3 for about an hour! But today, the sun was shining and despite the chilly nights, is a great weather to accomplish tasks (laudry, repairs, cleaning, etc...)and clean the boat. We had nice moments with the crew of the French boat La Loupiote, a family of traveling artists, boat acrobats, who are traveling around the world after having spent quite some time in Quebec, giving representations. Their performance is really amazing and can be sen on their bilingual website http://www.voilierspectacle.com/ . That’s what we like about cruising: in addition to enable us to be close to nature, it gives us the opportunity to meet interesting people and share all kinds of experiences with them.
It is the end of the Erie Canal. Next will be raisng the mast again...but in the mean time, we enjoy life here!
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