Day 294: Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Port to Port: Kingston, NY

Underway: 0:00 am      Motor Off: 0:00 pm      Miles Traveled: 0      Stayed At: Marina

Mile to Mile: When there is an information vacuum, rumors tend to quickly fill the space. The general consensus now is that the locks will open by Friday although a separate rumor is that there is still a lot of work to be done to finish. Who knows. We also found out that the Trent Severn may have to close too due to high water although it hasn’t had to yet. It would not be fun to be stranded twice.

It feels like the dog days of summer already – hot and humid – although we had a welcome breeze today. After breakfast, we took advantage of the cooler morning weather to scrub the boat and wipe down some of our storage bags to get rid of a small amount of mildew. After our boat projects, we joined up with Spiritus and Adagio to walk up the hill to get some Sami’s Pizza. It was worth the walk. It was a little weird though when we noticed that we have been here so long that we are starting to dress alike. Weird things happen on the Loop I guess

After our long pizza walk, naps sounded good but we had a few more projects to do first. I changed the spark plugs (they really needed it although the motor has been purring along nicely lately) and I checked and cleaned out the thermostat. All looks good. Cindy put the V-berth back together after taking out all her storage bags to clean. It looks like someone had a party onboard and trashed the place.

After docktails, we enjoyed pork roast on the grill, couscous, salad and bread with Eddy and Linda on Spiritus. We chatted so long we didn’t have time to watch a movie. Oh well, tomorrow is another day.

PS: The rumor now is that commercial traffic will be allowed through the Erie Canal on Thursday and everyone else will be able to start Friday. That is an encouraging rumor.