Sunday we had decided that we would move another 10 miles, and meet my parents for the afternoon. Along the way, we passed lots of little waterfalls tumbling out of the rock ledges which the Mohawk River winds its way though.
Rounding the corner at the Schenectady Yacht Club, we were surprised to see lots of docks in the water, but no boats! Turns out we were their first customers of the season, and were waiting for the canal water levels to rise to put their members' boats in.
This area was devastated by Hurricane Irene last fall, and much work has been done to rebuild docks, houses and facilities to get them ready for this boating season. The dock master at SYC told us that their shoreline is almost a meter higher than it was last year, owing to the amount of silt that was flushed down from farmer's fields upstream! Other indications of Irene's wrath have been evident in this area, including this water level mark on a bridge abutment in Waterford. (The road is about 2 meters above the current water level.)
We enjoyed lunch, made by Madeline, with help from Jessica and then drove to the next few locks to see the reconstruction underway. The locks in this area were the hardest hit by Irene, and the main cause of the fall closure.
Check out her short-order sticky notes above the stove!!
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