We made it to Buffalo!

We came into Buffalo around 6:30am, and tied up to Canalside Marina. First order of business after docking was getting Roxie up to the park as quickly as we could.  She would not even consider going on the potty mat.  After we settled in and had a little breakfast we laid down for a nap.  

Picture from the helm during our overnight run.

View of the sunrise coming into Buffalo, NY.

Later in the afternoon we went exploring and found the Buffalo Bandits Lacrosse team was having its championship playoffs.  It was like being at a Buckeye game.  We also visited the casino and had dinner at the Draft Room Brewhouse where we helped root the Bandits onto a victory!   

The next morning (Sunday 6/4) we enjoyed a long dingy ride up the Buffalo river and found a cool spot that had food, drinks and live music called the River Works. We also worked on preparing the boat for the next leg of the trip, which included taking down the mast. While we worked on the boat we got to enjoy live music coming from the park. There was a large Pride event going on with multiple stages!

The River Works

Cool picture of an abandoned ferry we found on our dingy ride.

Cheers at the Buffalo Canalside Marine with her mast down.

On Monday 6/5, we left Buffalo heading for our first lock going North, the Black River Lock.  We landed on the river wall in Tonawanda, NY about two hours later.  Took a nice bike ride around the little town and enjoyed dinner at Moonies.   

Cheers on the wall in Tonawanda.

This is the Jack-Knife Bridge in Tonawanda.  It was built in 1919 by the N.Y. Central Railroad.  At the time, NY had plans to rebuild all bridges along the canal to allow passage of vessels with masts.  The idea was dropped because of projected costs.  The bridge was raised only a few times for testing and has never been raised since. However, it is a working train bridge!