Castleton and Albany, NY

We stopped at Castleton Boat Club about 5 miles shy of Albany for two days.  Rich & Laura on the sailboat "Laura Lee" needed to unstep their mast here.  They are too tall to get thru the upcoming bridges.  Between the 4 of us, we were able to get it down and secure it to the top of their boat.  It was a good stop to get some laundry done as well, then we all went to the local Italian Place for a great dinner, Rich & Laura's treat. Our days are numbered with travelling together.  Once we hit the Erie Canal we will only go a little less than half way before we turn off into the Oswego.  Rich & Laura will continue all the way on the Erie canal to Lake Erie.  On the Erie canal there are a few bridges with a height of 15' we can't get under them, so we have to take a detour to get to Lake Erie.

Albany was only 5 miles north of Castleton, so it was a short travel day on the water.  My sister Lisa's in laws, Joe & Ann,  live in Albany.  They took all 4 of us back to their home for pizza, wine and good company.  Lisa, Nick & Jillian, came in about an hour after we got there from Ohio, they brought their new dog, Lacey with them. She's cute, all white, black eyes and nose, the breed is a Maltese. I guess I didn't get any pictures of Lacey, or Jillian.  And despite the way these pictures look, we did have a good time, I think everyone was tired. Nick and his sister Donna are missing as well, they went to get the pizza.