The prime mover needed an oil change so we made a trip to NAPA in Canajahorie Monday morning for oil and filters.
Decided to bag the rest of the day and make it up tomorrow. Cooked a chicken vindaloo for dinner.
Tuesday, brilliant day, still and bright, got started at 8:30
Not a breath of wind but a chill in the air (temp about 60F)
Headed Eastwards towards the distant mountains (Catskills?)
Another mini tug in Canal System livery , much of this equipment seems very old but is all in excellent physical order, good organization somewhere.
This one was moored at the town of Fonda, NY from whence the Fonda clan originate. Henry was the best by far IMHO, the others not much, and as for Jane (best not to ask).
Soon into lock 13, which took a major hit from Irene in 2011 and still under repair, a cofferdam across half of the river as the flood control system is completely rebuilt from the base up.
Irene was a non-event storm for us at home, just some rain, but Vermont and Northern New York had significant damage.
This is looking back, I don’t see this work being completed this year.
Lock 12, in much better shape, this is the river side.
Lock 11 – the lock keepers house originally predating the canal (1786), almost destroyed by Irene but a great job of restoration going on.
Then past Amsterdam, not quite what I expected either
Skipping a few, to lock 8, in good shape.
Past that center of knowledge, GE Research at Schenectady.
We are tied up just before lock 7 on a free wall, no services.
8 hours 48 miles and 6 locks – enough for today.
Locks 7 through 1 and down to Troy tomorrow, that’s the plan.
Boadicea's Chariot 
That’s some house on lock 11, it must be quite a prestigious position to be a lock keeper and to merit a dwelling like that then.
JHL: It was used by the lockmaster when the canal was first built, nowadays the lock keepers service at least one lock and a couple of guard gates, they commute to work. When restored I am told it will become “An Interpretive Center” for our Spanish speaking citizens perhaps?