Mechanicville and the 'floods'

On Monday the 10th we continued on and pulled into the canal pool at Mechanicville, NY.  This is a cute small town in upstate New York that has seen busier times.There is a cute cafe (Ugly Rooster) which serves the best home fries with your breakfast.
The day was mostly cloudy with intermittent rains.  Loretta made a great pasta putanessca using the ships princess stove.

Great cook who had a great view.
However it rained all through the night and by the next morning the water had risen 3 1/2 to 5 feet.  Where we would simply walk straight out, we now had to step down 3+ feet.
The rains continued on and off through the day and around 4pm a canal official advised us that we would lose our dock.  He arranged for the staff to stay until we could move up two locks.

North of Lock 4 looking south

Looking north with our friend "Echo"

Carol Anne tied up safely for the night

We motored onto Ft. Edward where we had a free tie up for the night.

The next morning we heard again from the canal staff that they were going to close all of the locks from C1 to C7 and suggested we go north of C7.  We heeded their advice and made for Whitehall, NY

Total miles to date: 204