Day 77: St Johnsville Marina to Riverlink Municipal Marina, Amsterdam, NY ( 27.5NM, 4.75 Hours)

We had great plan of getting an earlier start today since we were at least a 30 minute ride to our first lock.  Unfortunately when Brian woke up, it was to a very dense fog.  Great news for Linda, who was able to snooze a bit longer.  Eventually, the sun was strong enough to burn off the fog and we finally were able to cast off at 08:45.  It was chilly, but smooth as glass.  We had easy locking through all our locks.  At Lock 14 (lift 8 fee down), we talked with the Lock master, a former Air Force member from the Vietnam era.  Linda had worked with his former unit and he was delighted to hear of it.  Shortly after that lock, we had our first deer sighting from the boat (our second sighting if you count the one in Tarrytown with Susan Copley).  Locks 13 - 11 dropped us 8, 11, and 12 feet respectively.  We actually locked through Lock 11, our last for today at 1:11pm, very uncanny.  We tied up at the lock wall, and after lunch elected to reposition so we could also have water.  Good timing for us, since shortly after a boat from Port Ewen, NY came to time up and we assisted.  After a quick walk to the shops (most of which are vacant due to the current economic situation) we returned to a small outdoor wedding taking place under the Riverlink canopy, and two additional boats along the wall.

Paragraphic picture of Riverlink
Park & Marina (Splash Down is
on the far left)