At Clyde they have a free dock, with free power and a free pump out facility. We availed ourselves to all three. They are supposed to have free water at the dock but evidently that isn’t turned on yet. I am starting to get the idea that we are “early birds” and the season must not start until Memorial Day. As we pass marinas along the way we are surprised at the number of boats still sleeping under shrink wrap. The days are still starting out cool, 40 degrees F this morning but have been warming to the lower 60’s. Having the sun out helps immensely.
There are some real nice homes that are on the canal but I for one wouldn’t want to have to maintain their lawns.
There is room for three boats here, one on the center fixed dock and one on each floating dock at either end. We didn’t see any other boats today.
The main attraction in town for us today was the laundromat, a short walk across the bridge over the canal and two blocks into town. We had amassed four loads of laundry that needed done and a commercial laundromat is the most expedient way of doing it as we can use as many machines as we want at one time. In a marina with only one or two machines we would have to wait to do multiple loads.
We would hate to admit this was the highlight of our day. Actually, an uneventful day on the water is the best kind of day you can have.
Tomorrow we are off to Mid-Lakes Marina in Macedon to visit Ann and Hank, owners of the Pilgrim Caprice.
Today: 34 nm in 5.5 engine hours. 2 locks. Total: 4273 nm.
Dave
Life aboard LIBERTY 