We had a pleasant overnight stay at Cranesville with only the Canada geese for company. We did hear some loud freight trains with horns but that is to be expected along this route and they were on the other side. As we went past the Amsterdam Riverlink Park where we had thought about staying motor yacht Mariah pulled out ahead of us and we followed her through the next lock. The other alternate stop we considered was Guy Park on the other side of the lock and another motor yacht Vector pulled out ahead and all three of us went through the next locks together. Then a fast trawler passed us all and raced to the next lock and four of us squeezed in with us only having one rope. Luckily he raced away and it was back to us three until the first boat pulled off after Lock 13 and the next boat pulled away after 14. We went through Locks 15 and 16 by ourselves and the wind had picked up so we thought it was a good stop here at Lock 16 against the wall with a park with picnic table and charcoal grill and bike path. We lost half of a boat hook pole trying to grab a small rope on a loop or a ladder due to the wind pushing on us like the engine was still on. We finally got tied up and it has been a quiet evening. The temperature is expected to drop from the 70's to 48 tonight. We had jackets on today and rain jackets as we had a few sprinkles before the black clouds moved on. Another beautiful partly cloudy day with little boat traffic.
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| Passing Amsterdam Riverfront Park |
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| Vector and Mariah ahead of us |
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| Canada Geese |
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| Our tie up for the night past Lock 16 |
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