Scotia Landing, NY

It was another hot day. It feels so much hotter here than it ever does at home. We miss the sea breezes. We went through 6 locks today. The first 5 locks are known as the "Waterford Flight". The Flight features 5 locks where vessels are lifted or lowered the greatest height in the shortest distance of any canal in the world. The change in elevation is 169 feet in less than 2 miles. It took us 1 & 1/2 hours to get through these 5 locks. 

We saw several old steam boats heading to Waterford for the Steam Boat Show tomorrow.

We ended up at Scotia Landing near Schenectady. There was a water-ski show in the canal right in front of us.

Now we're battening down the hatches as we're expecting a line of severe thunderstorms with 50 mph winds tonight. Hopefully it will miss us.

Turbulence in front of the lock

Line handling in the lock

Lift gate

Built in 1901

Spillway

Water-ski show