Brewerton to Baldwinsville

Welcome to Leg three of "Bringing Reunion Home"



Nice cottage on the river

Both Jim and I took the Amtrak overnight train from Chicago to Syracuse, NY. I arrived Saturday morning and Jim this morning. We were able to leave Brewerton about 2:00 and traveled through two locks, one down and the second up, and about 20 miles to Baldwinsville one of the busiest locks on the canal due to the proximity to the Oswego Canal and Erie canals. There are several lakes that are connected by the canal system that provide a great boating area for local boaters. We traveled through residential areas not unlike those we might see on the Wolf or Fox rivers in Wisconsin.



Nicer cottage on the river

The Line Up

Baldwinsville has a very nice long pier, some floating and some part of the canal wall. The tie ups are free and they charge $5.00 for electric service for the evening.  That area was full by the time we arrived and the lockmaster suggested we could tie up at the floating pier on the north side of the canal. We spent some time just walking around viewing the locking system from a whole new perspective with other boaters that are here. Baldwinsville will have fireworks on Tuesday evening and some people are already tied to the wall with small tents set up and lawn chairs, just a bit early I think.

Good weather today with a fair amount of wind from the northwest but since we travelled west, south, southwest, southeast, northwest and then north we experienced the wind from many directions. All in all a good day making the transition from land back to traveling on the water.

Locking through from a different perspective

Baldwinsville Dam, Reunion in the background

From accross the river, good seats for the concert