Day 296: Thursday, June 26, 2013

Port to Port: Kingston, NY

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

First Things First: First time enjoying a shot of homemade apple pie moonshine (it was smooth….).

Mile to Mile: Well, we were hopeful for almost 24 hours. The news today was fruststrating but not surprising. The National Weather Service has forecast the potential for flooding rains over a large area of the Erie Canal watershed. To play it safe, they are lowering the water level to reduce the potential for damage to the locks and avoid having boaters trapped in the locks. We understand the reasoning but it still is a challenge to live with the uncertainty and be in a kind of suspended animation.

Several boats left this morning (I’m sure they didn’t like this new news) and a couple boats came in. It is getting hard to say goodbye to our new friends every day. Cindy, Linda and I walked up to the Walgreens to print some pics and mail a couple letters (Eddie may or may not have napped). Without any big project, I topped off our water tank, folded and stored the jib and cleaned out the main cockpit locker (just because I could).

After lunch, Ron took us up to the grocery store to get a few things and drove us back to the marina. This is above and beyond – it definitely makes our stay here much more enjoyable. After docktails, where we shared a quart of homemade apple pie moonshine Eddy and Linda got as a gift from a friend, we enjoyed a dinner of leftover pork tenderloin and rice on Spiritus. We ended the evening with a movie (the Tourist) in the barn topped off with angel food cake, strawberries and whipped cream. This being stranded is a tough life. I may need to get new pants if we don’t get moving soon.