10-14-10, Fonda, NY

Al the sailboats at lock 19 that were there all night were ready to go at 7:00AM when the locks opened.  The lockmaster was there, but I think he had to have his breakfast first.  He opened the lock at about 8:00AM.  We still made good progress today.  We made it past lock 13 and half way to lock 12.  We stopped at a wall used for maintenance equipment on the locks.  It was in a small town of Fonda, NY.  Nobody was in the office.  There were keys on the office porch that opened a side gate.  The rest of the facility was fensed in.   We were the only ones on the wall.

                                      This is where we started our day.

The fleet of sailboats that we locked through with all day.

The tallest lock on the Erie Canal, 40 ft.

A guillotine door, the only one we encountered

The fall colors.  It looked much better in real life.