Locking in The Rain

Today was a day of firsts: our first time locking thorugh with another boat (did that two times with the same sailboat), meeting a working barge on the canal, and locking through during the rain. " Note to self: need longer raincoat for sitting on wet deck of boat and don't wear denim shorts !"  We passed through five locks today on our way to Lyons, NY, the peppermint capital of the world.

We saw several canal wall murals today which are a  part of an ongoing project called Mural Mania that will result in murals depicting historic scenes along 50 miles of the canal.

On our eveing walk around Lyons, we discovered a restored vaudville theater.  The same movie projector that Rick ran during high school at the Russell Theatre in Millersburg was in the lobby window.  That brought back lots of memories !