Red sky at night, sailors delight....who made up that saying? This was the sunset last night looking toward lock 14. Rain started at 3:00 this morning. By 11:00 the lock master was at our boat telling us to get the boat moved...now! I had just gotten out of the shower. Great timing. We pulled the electric cords and lines in about 5 minutes. Moonshadow will be traveling with us even though he is really heading south. He cannot make it to a safe place in time going that way so he has to head up stream with us to lock 16. This lock will take us off the main river (Mohawk) which is also the Erie Canal and put us on the canal in a protected area. They are expecting major flooding. Locks 14, 15 and 16 were waiting for us. By 1:30 we were 36 feet higher on the Erie Canal ,12 miles further and tied to the wall atop lock 16 with 4 other boats. It rained and rained and rained. It rained even harder every time we went through a lock. You have to use the ropes to walk your boat up the wall in most of these locks. Which means you have to stay in the rain. Being a good first mate, I took the bow and let the Captain stay undercover in the stern. Oh well, my hair was already wet from my shower.
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