Day 17 WED 23rd Medina-Brockport

Captain Happy is up and at 'em early this morning and I wonder what's up. I soon find out he's checked his email and 3 months worth of stuff had been un-jammed and he has finally heard from his friends at WCC. He is especially happy to be in contact with Valerie.


We listen and look very hard, but cannot see the 100' falls on the other side of the canal as we let off the lines and begin today's journey.,

It is strawberry festival time in this area and I am on the look out for the orchards that provide such wonderful sweet berries. They are not as pretty as the ones from the large grocery. The small berries hold a huge burst of flavor that cannot match. My mouth is watering as I anticipate visiting the farmers market at our next stop.

We pass through Albion which was home to George Pullman who invented railroad sleeping cars. It is thought that the idea came from the canal boats in the mid 1800's.

We are stopping early today to enjoy Brockport and get caught up on boat chores. We log in as the 45th boat this season to have stopped.

What a cool downtown. I feel as though we have tied up somehow to downtown Saline, MI combined with some of State St. in Ann Arbor, MI For those of you in Ohio...it's kind of a cross between old Waterville and  0ld Rossford

Best yet! Ron does the dishes today.... he's not thrilled. The dishes consisted of just some warm up chinese cartons and plates and bowls for some grilled pork and a salad. Let's see if things change tomorrow. Maybe I will get to eat out :)

I touched base today with John Galnville Sr who is taking care of our home for us in June. He seems to be just fine and we are told that everything at "home" is just fine too. We make arrangements with my sister to come by today and pick up mail. This is going to be kind of cool..well, for mail anyway. I mean , unless it's a big lottery check in the mail, how exciting is mail, really?

Sis hooks up with us on Skype and opens the mail in front of us. We can then decide what she really needs to send. As it turns out, after not quite 3 weeks, there are 3 pieces she will forward to us via general delivery at The Oswago Post Office.