Plan B

What the heck are we doing, right? We have not abandoned our plans for the Great Loop in favor of the Triangle Loop but we did need to assess our journey to date. (see Stuck? No, We Are on Vacation…) Phoenix was a way-station to Oswego where we needed to determine our best course of action: step the mast, sail to Youngstown, hire a captain and relinquish the boat for 1-3 days OR assume that our new best friend Brandon’s (Erie Canal engineer in charge of the repairs) time guesstimates are mostly accurate and head into the Thousand Islands. There was no compelling right answer… As you can see from the map, we opted for the side trip to the Thousand Islands.

We will island hop around here until July 9th or so and then make our way back to the canal and stage ourselves to be the FIRST boat through Lock 29 once the repairs are complete. In the meantime, we are on vacation… again! 🙃

Phoenix, NY

Home to irreverent bathroom humor, an early fireworks display and an “all in one” lock and bascule bridge.

Oswego, NY

The last lock on the aptly named Oswego canal and the gateway to Lake Ontario. We pondered our choices and waited for a weather window to head onto the lake.
Back on open water… a nice change after a month and a half on the rivers and canals.

Clayton, NY

Clayton has a wonderful Antique Boat Museum with exhibits ranging from bark canoes to original Chris-Crafts. You can tour the Boldt house boat and take a ride on this beauty, too!
Not to be out-done by Liquid State: the Channel Marker IPA is great…

The Thousand Islands

We left Clayton to explore some of the 1,864 islands that make up the Thousand Islands (to be considered an island, there must be either a tree or a house involved) and make our way to Alexandria Bay. There will be many more pictures like those that follow but here is a taste of what this area holds…

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