Day 243 - June 25, 2013: Our 16th day in Waterford

With this heat and humidity, we ran the air conditioning all night again, and the weather reports were for more of the same today. A couple of boats gave up this morning and headed up the Champlain Canal, but we are resisting because it adds over 300 miles to our journey. The city dock here remains completely full, and some boats have gone up above lock 6 (the furthest you can go) even though they might not find any services. By noon, the canal personnel were signaling that we stand a good chance of the canal opening by Thursday, and this is very encouraging. We continue to read and tonight started the Downton Abbey Season 1 on DVD that we have heard so much about.

Crowded dock at Waterford

Young woman fishing at dusk on the Hudson River

Sunset seen through the Peebles Island Bridge struts