Day 22
Begin: Whitehall
End: Fort Edward
Day 22 started early for us. Since we had relaxed the previous day we were not very tired. We got up and going, deciding to eat on the canal. We made great time and the man-made part of the Champlain Canal flew by. We stopped in Fort Ann to get a bit of fuel, ice, a slushy and other odd and items. We were to Fort Edward by noon which gave us the afternoon to enjoy the town.
The bridge in Fort Edward on the way to the boat basin. BE CAREFUL & WATCH YOUR DEPTH! Note the green can on the right side just after the bridge.
With plenty of time to walk around, we decided to just relax and have a nice barbecue at the Fort Edward Boat Basin (the terminal wall). After enjoying some food from the grill we both showered and such and then took a walk around. We stopped in a few of the local shops. There was a consignment shop which had nearly everything, we looked for some board games but found nothing that we did not already have or were interested in.
We then headed back to the boat. We were playing cards when the couple aboard the boat ahead of us stopped by and asked if we wanted to share some wine. We joined them for a few hours having a great time. They were from Pennsylvania and had trailered their boat up to Sylvan Beach. There they journeyed the same path as us, down the Erie Canal and up the Hudson River/Champlain Canal to Fort Edward. They were planning to continue up to Lake Champlain and then return to Sylvan Beach. Their trip was all too similar to ours.
They were aboard a 21′ boat with a large outboard motor and had their cat aboard. The cat jumped in the water about an hour earlier and almost drowned. Still wet, he was not very social with us, and hid up front. Another great afternoon on the canal.
UPDATE: As it turns out I saw them moored to the Sylvan Beach wall a few weeks later, they ended up going to Whitehall and then a day out on Lake Champlain and then turning around due to the waves, and heading back. What a small world!
Soon it was dinner time and we went back and did our normal routine of dinner, movie and bed. We planned on making it to Mechanicville tomorrow, another short day.