Although it hasn't been officially announced yet, it doesn't seem that the Erie Canal will open again this year. Some of the locks have lost their doors, some have had the earth washed away from both sides of the lock. So we are looking into other options for storing the boat this year because we can't get back to Brewerton where we were planning to store the boat.
I've taken some post-flood pictures of the scenes I included in the earlier post. I'll put them here, but to really appreciate the size of the flood, you should go back to the previous post to see the contrast.
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| The view east of the Lock 2 |
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| The flooded fences in their normal state |
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The whole 3 tier park
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Right now we still don't know when we might get out of the locks. The Waterford city docks are still damaged and can't hold boats. The Federal lock south of us on the Hudson is still closed because they haven't yet cleared out all the boats that hit it flowing down the river. We also haven't heard if it was damaged. So even though our lock works, there is no place for the 15-20 boats to go. So here we sit. We'll keep you informed as the adventure continues.
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