Day 297: Friday, June 27, 2013
Port to Port: Kingston, NY
Underway: 0:00 am Motor Off: 0:00 pm Miles Traveled: 0 Stayed At: Marina
Mile to Mile: The good news is that the repairs are done to the locks and dams on the Erie Canal. The bad news is too much rain is causing flooding and keeping the system closed for who knows how long. The boats that were trapped in the locks for the last couple of weeks are still there – they were hours away from escaping but then this new weather system moved in and kept the system closed. All the boats that were waiting on the docks at Waterford had to move up the Hudson past a couple of locks to the Waterford Flight to avoid the flood waters expected today and tomorrow at the City docks. At least they got to move somewhere. That had to be an interesting adventure. We are resigned to the fact that we won’t be able to leave until after the Fourth of July most likely so we just need to make the most of our stay here.
We used our time efficiently this morning – we combined a trip to the Laundromat with another visit to our favorite restaurant – the Rainbow Café – for their breakfast- special – two eggs, hashbrowns, bacon, toast and coffee. What a deal. Eddy and Linda even squeezed in a quick dance by the jukebox in the Laundromat.
We had no plans for the afternoon other than a walk but we spontaneously decided to the movies and see Eddy’s girlfriend Sandra Bullock in The Heat. Ron ran us up their again and we made it with time to spare. I have never been to a theatre that runs almost a half hour of trailers before the scheduled feature. We could have been 20 minutes late and still made the movie with time to spare.
After a long hot walk home, it was almost time for docktails (again). We had a great turnout and were having so much fun, we all extended the party over to the Irish pub for dinner. Who wants to cook on a hot, humid day. Cindy and I enjoyed chatting with Timmy, the Irishman we met the last time. He basically lives at the pub when he isn’t working so it was not surprising we would cross paths again. He has more stories that I will ever have in my lifetime. His life is the story of Ireland over the past 40 years. He loves Ireland and hopes to return there in a few years. Ireland is on our bucket list too. (This is another list that seems to keep getting longer the more people we meet on the Loop). Hmmm… I wonder how the boating is in Europe?
