Day 67 Another day on the Erie Camal

Remember the lyrics from the Erie Canal song - "Git up there mule, here comes a lock, we'll make Rome 'bout 6 o'clock." Well, that's where we are tonight - a free city dock in Rome, NY. Got a late start around 11am waiting for a diver to cut the rope from Lock 17 off of our prop. First little hiccup of the trip, but it got solved pretty quickly. Jack watched some local geese through the front window, but when he got out for a walk, he gave them a wide berth. Traveled with John and MaryLynn who are bringing their new Mainship home to NY from Conneticut. Dodged a lot of debris and dredges in the river (pic 2). They are constantly dredging to keep the canal navigable. You have to watch out for "deadheads". Sometimes you only see a little piece of wood on the surface, but there's a whole tree log down below. They can do some damage to a boat.  Only traversed a few locks today - not quite as bad of a workout. Passed one of the old locks from the original canal (pic 3). Stopped in Rome and the Emerald Lady rafted up to us for the night. This is not a very big or elaborate dockage and we are sharing the dock with a canal cruise ship. Walked to a local burger joint and had some tasty eats. The heat is building again, but we are suppose to get rain tomorrow night then the temperature drops again to a high of 77. I love that about this northern weather - unlike Florida which stays hot for 4 - 5 straight months without any breaks. Heading for Lake Oneida tomorrow.