Mechanicsville

We are officially back on the Hudson and two locks into the Champlain system heading north. We’ve now gone thru 24 total locks… with many more to come. We are tied up on the Mechanicsville free terminal dock wall for the night. This wall has free power, water and bathrooms with showers (bathrooms leave much to be desired). Steps from our boat is the start of the Zim Smith trail … we’ll check it out in the morning. Moki and I did explore the area a bit. I like gawking at old buildings and homes.. this place seems to be going thru some transition. A church is now an arts center and the old elementary school is being converted to apartments. A lot of folks use this waterfront.. mostly to fish. Both young and old. We logged 22 miles today, locked down 196’ on the Erie and up 33’ on the Champlain. Going down is really fast compared to up.Read more