Hot Hot Hot

Marcy, NY
43 06.58 N 075 12.99 W

Last night we stayed at Lock 20 in Marcy.  It is a nice pastoral place surrounded by a park full of people having fun.  Good formula for nice, right?  It was hot though.   The Midwestern heat wave is touching us.  Tomorrow the temperature may exceed 100F (38C).

On days like that, the boat cabin becomes very uncomfortable by late afternoon.   Our fans help a little, but none of them bring in cool evening air.  Therefore, it isn't until midnight until the cabin cools off.   The easiest remedy for that is to sit outside until midnight.  But that means braving the mosquitoes that become ravenous around sunset.  Oh well, it could be worse.  The water temperature here is about 75F.  I just heard from a W32 in Florida that the water temperature there is close to 90F.  That would make it still worse.  It would almost be as bad as sitting in the hot seat that Rupert Murdoch had in London yesterday :)

This morning Sara and Steven came to the boat to deliver a package for us and to have some of grandma's famous french toast for breakfast.   That was nice.  We couldn't convince them to ride on the boat with us however.

So, we're pushing East.  Our plan it to make it to Amsterdam by Friday  morning.  There we'll rent a car for the weekend and take my sister Marilyn for a day outing.  After that, by mid week next week we'll be on Champlain :)

Libby and I are in the midst of a struggle over the Champlain part.   I'm of the opinion that our time there will be so short (only 5 weeks) that it isn't worth the $250 fees and the trouble to put the mast up.   Libby is of the opposite inclination.   Blog readers should start a pool betting on who wins this argument.   Wait, there is a way -- sort of.  I just put a poll question on the upper right.  You can vote there for whomever you think will win.   The poll closes one week from today.