Still not going anywhere

Well, if you're wondering why I haven't posted a blog recently it's because not a whole lot has happened.  We've been in Oswego NY since last thursday and we're still not quite sure when they'll open the locks.  They had posted tomorrow as the day they would open, but I'm highly doubting that since the water level has barely dropped.  In the mean time, we're trying to keep busy.  Some of the things I've been up to: lots of reading, went to the pumpkin festival (which was nothing compared to Mommsen's), daily trips to the library, wandering shops around town, nightly grillouts, and I've been trying to get myself to learn some spanish with a spanish for dummies book I got last christmas.

 This picture doesn't really show how strong the river is right now, but you can see the canal on the right.  Not technically the erie canal yet.  It actually puts us back in the river a little further up which is why we're still waiting.  Also, I guess a lot of the markers are either swept away or being pulled under with the high water level.  I guess the amount of water coming down the river right now is four times what it usually is.

And here's our nice little harbor.  We know most of the people here by now, but usually one or two boats will come in each day.  Oswego really is a nice town, but after a week and a half of sitting around, I'm more than ready to leave!