Fort Edward, NY (return trip)

The first thing we did on Saturday, June 29 was to walk Archie along a different part of the waterfront towards Whitehall Marina. Upon arriving there we confirmed the negative impression we had of it from seeing it from the water. We definitely won’t be staying at this marina especially given the comfortable and free accommodations offered at the town dock.

While walking by the marina we encountered this unusual version of the American flag. We looked up its meaning and discovered that while it was originally meant as a sign of support for law enforcement it has also come to signal opposition to the racial justice movement and a symbol of white supremacy or support for the Blue Lives Matter cause. It was a disturbing reminder of the current problems our nation is facing, 

Jon was eager to have breakfast at Historic Grounds so we stopped in for a hearty breakfast. While there, we met the couple who were docked behind us and we chatted with them for quite a while. They were from Kansas City and had a little trailerable boat that they did a lot of cruising in - a little too cozy for us!

We took off by 9:50 for the four hour cruise on the Champlain Canal.  It was a straight shot through the narrowly dug canal.  We started at lock 12 and got to lock 7.  Halfway through the series of locks, we had reached the highest point and from then on we were locking down instead of locking up.

We have often been the only boat in the locks but on this day we shared one of the locks with two other boats.

When we arrived at Fort Edward we followed a sharp S turn and entered the upper Hudson River. We tied up at the free town dock there bordering a pretty park. Archie loved the fact that our deck was level with the shore and he could jump off and frolic in the grass which he happily did before settling down in the shade for a rest.

Shortly after our arrival it started to rain so we hunkered down inside of Zendo and had fun catching up by phone with a few friends.  We were expecting Michael and Melina to drive over from their home in Dorset, Vermont. They came by at 5 and we had drinks and appetizers on board before heading out for dinner at a nearby restaurant. It was still raining so we donned our rain gear and drove over to the only nice restaurant in the area called the Anvil.

The restaurant,which had a very rustic atmosphere, was hopping on a Saturday night.  We enjoyed a very nice dinner and had fun chatting away.  It’s always a treat to see Michael and Melina and we hope to see them when they come to Florida this winter.  They drove us back to Zendo where we had a quiet evening before going to bed.