The next few days were totally benign. Judging from the
number of pictures we had taken (none) we were just on a mission to get out of
the Erie Barge Canal. Ilion Marina was a safe stop but nothing special to do or
see here. We stayed here a mere 14 hours and were gone by 0640 the next
morning.
Ess-Kay Yards was on the West side of Oneida Lake and
represented our last stay on the Erie Barge Canal System. Our self-imposed pressure,
was off and we stayed an extra day, because our next stop was in Oswego NY on
the Oswego River System. This was where we would stage for our crossing of Lake
Ontario. We had been watching the weather systems quite closely and conditions
were not quite good enough for the crossing. We had to change our decision
making process and change from the "River" mindset and back into the "Lake"
mindset. Flooding, closed locks and floating debris will no longer slow us
down. It will be the wind and more importantly the wind direction that will
decide whether we go or don’t go. Ess-Kay Yards was a beautiful old time
marina. Adequate in every way but it certainly had that don’t hurry feel. We really
the enjoyed river front view and the boat traffic that always seemed to be buzzing.
We managed to find a pizza joint one day for lunch and although there we very
few patrons. The local people were friendly and colourful.
Cheers,
Mark
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