Sunday, July 18, 2010

Day 38 - Location 43.55453N, 73.39759W


Sunset in Burlington, Vermont.
Amtrack train along Lake Champlain shore

Lock 12 Champlain Canan entry Marina - fuel stop for us


Whitehall, NY Steel Revival at tonights mooring.

After watching a beautifull sunset last night, along with a rainbow we spent part of the night listening to the live band 80' from our boat. All that included in the mooring fees.
We still managed to get up and moving by 6:30 to complete the last half of Lake Champlain. The mountain ranges, the Adirondack Mountains in NY, and the Green Mountains in Vermont seems to slowly creep together closing in on the lakeshore. The South half of the lake narrowed from about 6 miles wide to less than a few hundred feet at Whithall, NY, the end of the lake and the start of the Champlain Canal. What georgeous scenery along the way, mostly wild and rugged, until at the end, around a bend in the lake there out of nowhere pops up Lock 12 Marina, the first of 12 locks, and the sweet little town of Whitehall, NY. Here we tied off on their complementary town dock, including power & showers! It cost us $75.- for a season pass for the entire New York Canal System, and this includes overnight dockage along the entire system. What a deal! You really can't afford to miss it

1 comment:

  1. Hoi Koos en Nancy. We volgen jullie avontuur met veel belangstelling. En wat een avontuur. Aanstaande zaterdag gaan wij voor drie weken op vakantie. Alvast een goede verjaardag voor Nancy.
    Ik hoop dat jullie goed op schema liggen en dat alles jullie goed gaat. Ik hoop dat jullie nog veel meer foto's maken en die t.z.t. op internet zetten.
    Groetjes en zegen
    Alex en Kezia

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