Lyons to Oswego

 We left Lyons headed to Baldwinsville.  This was a 7 hour ride and it rained the entire time!  

Passing the Montezuma aqueduct ruins. 

We made it to Baldwinsville just before dark and called it a day.  

Thursday morning we woke up to bright sunshine and clear skies.  Took care of some chores and explored the town.  This town was pretty big compared to others we've visited, but very quaint.   

Baldwinsville has an island between the lock and the mainland.  On the island they have a stage, where they have live concerts June to August.   

This is the dam next to the lock wall where we stayed. 

We had several dinner options here!   On our walkabout we kept an eye out for how busy each restaurant was.  Several restaurants have good ratings....but the one's that have good ratings and full tables has got to be good.  The busiest place with a 4.9 star rating was The Angry Smokehouse.  Enough said!  It did not disappoint........soooo good I forgot to take a pic!

Friday afternoon we pushed off from Baldwinsville, NY headed to the city of Oswego via the Oswego Canal, but decided to take a 10 mile side trip to Brewerton to top off our fuel before crossing into Canada.  The side trip to Ess-Kay Marina saved us $2 a gallon, well worth the trip!  And as a bonus, a group of us Loopers went to dinner in town thanks to the marina's courtesy car!   

This is where the Eastern Erie, Western Erie and the Oswego Canals converge.  

Saturday morning we left Ess-Kay Marina in hopes that we would make it through Oswego Lock 7, which closed at 5pm.  

Fellow Loopers behind us in the lock...this was a deep drop!

We made it to Lock 6 at 4:55, but the Lock Tender graciously offered to go ahead and open Lock 7 for us!  On the other side of Lock 7, we tied up to the wall in Oswego. Sunday was a boat cleaning and provisioning day.  

Look at all the Loopers waiting for the weather window for crossing Lake Ontario Monday morning!