Friday afternoon my parents arrived to visit for the weekend. Turned out to be great timing, because the town of Waterford was celebrating it's Canal Days, a community festival focusing on the waterfront. There was a band that played on a barge that went down the river and through the lock, local businesses, vendors of all sorts, and activities for the kids.
Saturday morning, we enjoyed breakfast, served by the local Boy Scouts, and then took my parents onboard to travel up the first few locks.The Waterford Flight of Locks consists of Locks E-2 through Lock E6. The flight of locks - bypassing Cohoes Falls just to the south - constitutes the largest lift in the shortest distance on any canal system in the world: This set of 5 locks lifts vessels 169 feet in about a half mile! The total trip took us just under 2 hours.
Pete, from the local Chamber of Commerce, even managed to snap a rare picture of all 4 of us on board going through the lock.
The rest of the day we spent visiting, hiking on an (unsuccessful) search for a geocache, kite flying and heading out for dinner.
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