While we are along side in Castelton waiting for the PDQ Crew, I thought I would add a few pictures and describe the trip through the locks. We would stay on the boat tied up in either a small town or simply along the wall at the lock we were goinig to go through at 0700 in the morning. We would get up at 0600, have some coffee and a light breakfast and have the engines running at 0646 waiting for the lockmaster to open the lock. We would then move the boat into the lock, with the other boats that we were traveling with. John & Larry were on the deck and would grab a rope, pole or ladder with a boat hook. Their job was to keep the boat near the wall, but not rubbing against it. They really had a tough job.
Once we were either lifted or dropped to the next level on the river, the lock master would open the door in fron of us and we then motored slowly out of the lock. We traveled throuogh 30 locks, and we were really glad to go through the last lock in Troy NY.
The pictures show us entering a lock, then at the bottom of the lock and then the door opening.
More later
Ross
with John & Larry
Once we were either lifted or dropped to the next level on the river, the lock master would open the door in fron of us and we then motored slowly out of the lock. We traveled throuogh 30 locks, and we were really glad to go through the last lock in Troy NY.
The pictures show us entering a lock, then at the bottom of the lock and then the door opening.
More later
Ross
with John & Larry
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