We're currently stuck in Oswego. We pulled in a couple days ago the same day that they got 5" of rain. It was actually some weather associated with Hurricane Nicole I guess, but the river is raging right now and they won't open the locks until it settles down. On the bright side, it's a nice little town and we've been keeping busy. We spent the first day preparing to take our mast down. We had to build supports for it and take our sails down.
We'll have our mast down for about another week or so until we hit the Hudson.
Here's the map I've got in my journal. One of my favorite thing to do each day is mark off our day's journey. Unfortunally I won't be making any progress on this anytime soon.
Our last stop was in Rochester, NY. Pretty sketchy place so there wasn't much to do downtown, but I came across this falls in the middle of the city.
So I'm gonna give the very short story of why I'm dressed in guitar hero pants and a shirt with Red Fox. Basically, I got put in the River one night and came across a couple camped out in the woods (Bubba and Jessica). They got me some dry clothes and let me use their sleeping bag for the night. Also gave me a can of mountain dew and donuts for breakfast. They were from Syracuse and were there fishing King Salmon so I came back and hung out with them the next day. Bubba insisted that I keep the shirt. ha
Anyways, we're hoping to get out of Oswego by Wednesday. We're getting to know the other boaters pretty well and they're all pretty interesting. Pretty sure I'm the youngest in the harbor by about 30 years.
I love that the guy's name was Bubba :) Hope you're not too bored being stuck in port! The map is an awesome idea- keep up the good work!
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