Fort Edwards

The General Electric Hudson River PCB dredging project ended last fall and for the first time in 7 years there are no longer any barrages and tug boats on this section of the Hudson. They had priority and sometimes made it slow going for recreational boaters. Unfortunately for us, this being a Sunday there are lots of recreational boaters using the locks. Normally on a week day the lock operators call ahead to the next lock and it is waiting at our arrival. We don't even have to make an opening request on the radio. Not to day, with the extra activity we do a lot of waiting at most locks.

When we arrive at Fort Edwards there is only one other boat on the town wall, so we are able to connect to the free power posts. The first thing I do is turn on the Air Conditioning. We have dinner at the “Ye Old Diner”. Being Fathers day and a Sunday it is not very busy. In fact we are the only ones there for the first ½ hour. This is a very funky local eatery. Most dinners are under $10. We have a good meal and walk to Stewards for ice cream and get scoops for 50 cents for Fathers Day.

Almost full moon at Fort Edwards, town wall