I caught the beginning of Jay Bee V‘s epic here, a few days after the summer solstice. A bit later I caught her here at some different locations on the Erie Canal.
So we are all fortunate that Jake Van Reenen caught her here at a lock in central NYS that I’m not disclosing. The voyage of the Glass Barge is complete, and at some point, the tug will return to the sixth boro and the barge dismantled and repurposed.
The color in the trees speaks to the season.
Folks upstate will talk about this epic for a long time.
And the small tug in the background? I’ll post about that another day . . . maybe tomorrow.
All photos thanks to Jake Van Reenen.
Related: Accompanying Jay Bee V and the Glass Barge all summer were Lois McClure and C. L. Churchill. See them in this retro-season video under sail on Lake Champlain.
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October 9, 2018 at 12:34 pm
Linda
We’ve been to Corning’s Museum of Glass multiple times, watching them make a glass objects; but, unfortunately, not able to see this barge when it docked in Watkins Glen tho it was quite a well-attended event per local news.
October 9, 2018 at 12:43 pm
Metteke VandenBout
So wish that Corning Museum of Glass barge would do this every spring to fall tour.
So enjoy watching like everyone else including kids.