Go West 4, 5, and 6

To clarify this title, the first post in the series has a lead photo showing a map of our journey broken into legs marked by pins.  Legs 4 through 6 took us from Waterford, shown below, to Oswego.

Urger stood by all spiffed up for the steamboat festival.

 

Erie Canal Cruises accommodated sightseers eastbound toward lock E18.

Tender 4, the electric motor vessel, assisted in a dredge project.

Tug Erie tied up at the end of the work day.

Here’s the cutterhead of one dredge.

Lucy H returned light past Rome, NY.

Never have I seen so

many bald eagles.  This one is banded.

And leg 6 ended in Oswego.

All photos by Will Van Dorp, who will post again when able.