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Sometimes the First Mate joins the break…!!!! Yea, right, we are not having any fun!!!! Working ourselves to the bone!!!!!

Sometimes the crew gets a break!!!!

We took the short cut through the Murray Canal getting to Trenton…bridge toll was $5…paid to the guy at the first bridge…who had a long stick with a coffee can at the end. Kelli dunked it in…much to the pleasure of the small audience.

Lovely photos taken by the sleeping crew…she popped up, took photos, and went right back to sleep. Can’t say that I blame her. Crossing Lake Ontario took us the better part of 7 hours. Then another 3 hours into Trenton.

Good bye Oswego…Hello Canada….

We tied to the wall in Oswego…rockin’ and rollin’…freshened up and walked across the bridge to Patz on the River. Floyd and I had an excellent meal there when we passed through in August. We were more than a little disappointed this time. The CIA t…

“The Moment of Shear Terror”By Kelli RappardMoving into Lock 6 on the Oswego Canal we all were very confident with the 3 of us handling the Tumbleweed. The wind had other plans for us… The Captain drove us straight into the spot he wanted us to be……

We’ve been frustrated by boat problems before so why do we let these things bother us??? Parts didn’t arrive until Tuesday (not Monday)….mechanic said no problem he’d have us up and running by 5…that didn’t happen either…Wednesday we just knew we…

Monday Monday…we planned to sleep in…one of us actually did. Laundry and grocery shopping…then Kelli and I plan to take the rest of the day off. Floyd is taking us into Syracuse to the Dinosaur BBQ for supper tonight. Yummmmmmy!!!!

Niagara Falls on Sunday…while I was a little anxious about the weekend crowd, they just weren’t there. Again, we walked right in and never really waited in a line. Interesting to note, we spent time with Kansas folks…15 relatives touring for two w…