Ithaca Yacht Club

We left Clyde pretty early because we had a pretty long way and wanted to stop for lunch along the way. We wanted to get to IYC to be picked up by our wives. We were surprised to find the boat grounded as we tried to leave. The water level must have dropped overnight. Since it's a sandy/silty bottom, we were able to push off the dock add to a lot of throttle and get dislodged. It was a warm day with plenty of nature on this part of the canal. We went through Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge. We saw many herons, eagles, hawks, ducks and geese. We had two locks left, the last one on the Erie Canal, number 25 and one bringing us up to Cayuga Lake. All of the locks on this trip were down except the last one into the lake.

Entering lock 25, the last one for us on the Erie Canal.

The junction between the channel to Cayuga Lake and the Erie Canal. We came from lock 35 to lock 25 coming from the west. Going eastward, the next lock is 24, 30 miles away. When we left last summer, we took a different route and went eastward and then north on the Oswego canal.

Passing under Interstate 90, the New York Throughway.

Leaving the CS-1, which leads to Cayuga and Seneca Lakes.

Closer view of the lock as we exit. This lock also had a wall that can be dropped to stop the flow of water. It is a combination of the wall and lock that were separate at other spots along the Erie Canal.

Wider view of the lock and control dam.

View from the boat of Wolffy's Grill and Marina, where we had lunch.

Approaching home, Ithaca Yacht Club by the sailboat masts on the right. In the distance is the city of Ithaca and Cornel University.

 At Wollfy's, I had two beers by Naked Dove Brewing. The Windblown Amber was pretty good and the Clarity in the FLX IPA was too mild; not enough hops.