We got an early start on a cloudy, windy morning with an offer of help by a cruiser passing by on the dock. We got through the long winding entrance channel outside the marina to pounding waves coming right at us. That made an uncomfortable ride for the first hour and then the wind calmed down below 10 knots and it was a pleasant but cold cruise towards the two American Locks of Snell and Eisenhower. We got to the small floating dock at Snell and were helped by the sailors already tied up. S/V North Dawn was behind us and hailed us but she ended up anchoring as we were waiting on a down bound ship to transit. These two locks did not have scheduled times. We followed the sailboat in and we were instructed to tie up to number 3 floating bollard with a midship line which was much easier to do. We tended the line and the bollard moved us up like in an elevator. It was another no stopping to enter Eisenhower lock and we did the same tie up and quickly moved through. We turned off the Saint Lawrence Seaway behind Croil Island and had the anchorage to ourselves even though across the river was a campground and plenty of boat traffic on this section. We had great birdwatching and the sun came out and we were in shirt sleeves shedding our sweatshirts and polar fleece jackets we started the day in. We celebrated our first anchorage since leaving Vermont with my new portable charcuterie board. It was a great afternoon and a quiet night.
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