While others were at parades and watching fireworks all across America today, we watched this parade on the Oswego Canal. Actually, it is a very appropriate way to celebrate because of the freedom we feel in being able to do this in this beautiful part of our awesome country!!
Happy 4th to all of you! God bless America!!!!
We left Fulton just before Lock 3 after breakfast and, much to our surprise, the wind caught us, turned us sideways, and we had to struggle to get ourselves into position to lock through. Interesting!!!! It seems that each lock presents a new adventure. Since the wind was blowing pretty briskly from the stern, it was a challenge! The good news is that we have now completed Lock 8 and we won't see one again for about a month!
Pathfinder Island which was named after the lead character, Pathfinder, in James Fenimore Cooper's book of the same name. "The Pathfinder" centers on a trip taken down the Oswego River in 1759. John just finished reading the book and enjoyed it. Gail has begun and is struggling with the tedious, flowery Cooper writing. John insists that it tells a thrilling tale of naval adventure, rival love, and wilderness experience that captures the rough-and-tumble life on the shores of Lake Ontario during the French and Indian War.
Battle Island. This site is a place that a historic battle between the British and the French took place on July 3, 1756. Imagine, over 250 years ago amost to the day!!
The remains of the origional Oswego Canal
Tonight we are docked at the Wright's Landing Marina in Oswego, New York. The rain has arrived and we are tucked in our snug little "home" for a couple of days as a warm and a cold front pass before we venture out onto Lake Ontario on Friday the 6th.
Our tentative plan is to spend the 7th at Sackets Harbor and proceed on to Cape Vincent on the 8th.
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