Mischief Managed Afloat: Dumbledore Edition

2020 Trip Itinerary: 1. Leave Buffalo  2. Go through Erie Canal 3. Now what? We've been on the Erie Canal for so long, it was hard to imagine taking Dumbledore anywhere else. But everyone was excited to move on and see what other places we could swim, walk, and explore.  Our first stop was in Troy, just outside of Albany, where we were very abruptly reintroduced to the concept of tides. Troy is on the Hudson River, which, unlike the Erie Canal, has a drastic change in water level at different times of the day as the tides come in and out. It also didn't help that when we pulled up to the Troy town wall, the public floating dock was under construction. The wall loomed above Dumbledore's bimini, and the low tide left Dumbledore  far below the edge of land.  Dumbledore was feeling particularly short In order to get onto land, Justin had to vault us up and we flopped onto the wall like seals.  She made it! We continued our way down the Hudson River, and our next stop was a leis

I have spent the last few months spending more time thinking about Lock 19 on the Erie Canal than I could have ever imagined. Lock 19 was the culprit that kept us from moving forward on the canal and the reason for our dawdling pace. Every day we checked for emailed updates from the Erie Canal gods, scoured the internet for canal news, and waited with baited breath for the construction on Lock 19 to finish.  We managed to tear ourselves away from staring at our email in order to got back to the boat Sunday night in Ithaca. Since Lock 19 was still closed, we decided we might as well take one more day to enjoy the gorgeous gorges in Ithaca and take advantage of Justin's car to check out Treman State Park.   Once again, we were treated to beautiful waterfalls and picturesque flagstone paths.  On hiking days, we wear pink.  Sputnik and Apollo would have loved hiding in here.  I didn't see any bridge trolls here.  It was a hot, sunny day, perfect for dipping our toes in the water an