Sharon Jesse hard at work on our trip on the Erie Canal.	Jim Jesse taking full command of the lines and fending off the wall.
Here we are in Amsterdam..see what we can do with a great crew well it is actually Amsterdam NY. However there were days when it felt like maybe we had really gone that far!!..
	St. Johnsonville. NY. A most welcome stop but they are a little torn up right now. It'll be great when they finish all the construction...but it certainly got us in off the water..
The additional special treat of having Jim and Sharon along was a couple of side trips by land. I'll add pictures from Vermont later.. this is from Cooperstown NY..Baseball Hall of Fame town. We had to post the honorary plaque and picture of Bob Uecker!! What a guy.. One of the staff at the museum when I asked directions to this area said "Oh Bob is one of my very favorite people..he really deserves to be here.
	Sad to say goodbye for now but Jim and Sharon where off to Niagara Falls for the final part of their trip. They will rejoin us or a few days in St Ignace.
Lock 21 at Utica NY. This is where Jim and Sharon left and we proceeded on our way to the final part of the Erie.
	Exciting times.. note only a lock but a bridge immediately after the lock gate. It all works out but it's a little testy at the time. .
Our final stop on the canal system. The final portions is actually the Oswego Canal and we are now through that section entirely.
	Goodbye US...the next land we see will be Canada.
Here we are in Trenton ONT. Left the country but are greeted with great hospitality! What a lovely spot and the people couldn't be nicer
	This sign was our welcome greeting at the Marina where we stayed. Today we passed under the sign and off to a new adventure.. the Trent Severin Waterway across Ontario.
Welcome to the first lock of the Trent !
	This is a tandem lock..two locks in succession. We went up about 54 feet...If you look at the background of the picture you can see the first gate below.....it's really an impressive drop or lift depending on you prospective.
Who says the Canadian dollar is shrinking? This is a statue in Old Mill Park Marina in Campbellsfort, ONT. The 2$ coin or the Loonie as it is called was designed by Brent Townsend a resident of this town.
	Yet one more Rotary project. This one in Campbellsfort ONT.