We left the dodgy digs at 'Survival Landing' in Rome at 6:45am and were happy to be underway. By 8:07 we had cleared Lock #21 which was the first time we were locking down. We cleared Lock#22 at 8:30 and entered Oneida Lake at 9:00am. There was a cute fishing village on the edge of the Lake called Sylvan Beach and lots of anglers were out.
Oneida Lake is big but shallow and can get very bumpy when it's windy. We were lucky to have a very calm crossing and we cleared the Lake in two easy hours.
We wanted to stop at a good marina to check into a suspected fuel injector leak so we chose Winter Harbor in Brewerton. They have a good reputation and also the cheapest fuel prices around. We put 100 gallons in each tank and pumped out the black water tank...the Belle is nice and fresh. This marina has a Mercedes for its courtesy car...fancy pants.
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| That boat behind Warren is not the Southern Belle, this was taken on our back deck |
Tuesday, May 31
Went shopping for groceries, Kerm washed the boat, and generally took it easy. The head mechanic stopped by to look at the possible leak, tightened up a fitting and said we were good to go.
Wednesday, June 1 (Happy Birthday, Mike)
Started out very nice...Left at 10am after we were told they didn't have room for us for another night. Okay because it wasn't that far to Oswego. By 10:45 we said goodbye to the Erie Canal and turned north on the Oswego Canal. The wind started to kick up and by lock #3 we were wishing we were somewhere else. Kerm already spoke of this in his post...Tough Day on the Belle. It was really bad in the locks. We were getting blown around and once the stern got away from us and we were stretched across the lock. Thanks to quick action on Kerm's part we recovered without serious damage...except to the ego, of course.
We only traveled 28 miles but they were hard fought. We were happy to call it a day and pulled in to Oswego Marina. The locks kicked our butts today.
Thursday, June 2 and Friday, June 3
Lake Ontario is wild... 20 foot waves crashing over the breakwaters. We are safe in port and staying here until the weather calms down, probably Saturday Winds are howling and it's cold so we are glad to stay in our cozy home.
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| Lake Ontario...taken on a calmer day |
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| Warren found another 'log fish' friend |
Kerm got his hair cut. Did laundry, some provisioning, charted our course across the Lake and talked to other boaters who are waiting to cross the lake. Many had similar, or even worse, stories of the Oswego Locks. One sail boat did a 360 degree turn and a trawler bounced off both sides of the walls. We were not the only ones having trouble.
Looking forward to tomorrow...Canada!!
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