Fairport

On the advice of one of our C-Dory friends, we walked to the Newark Diner for breakfast. Their claim to fame, besides our friend’s boast that it is the best diner in New York state, is the fact that Luke and Laura from All My Children filmed a segment here... in 1993. I’m pretty sure nothing has changed here since then, including the grease on the grill.


We shoved off from Newark around 10:00, heading west. Only 20 miles and two locks to transit today. It was warm and still, as you can see from this reflection. This portion of the canal is narrower and still wooded on either side. There is once again a bicycle trail that runs alongside the canal... 100 miles from here to Tonawanda.


At one point, a guy on a bike paced us... that wasn’t difficult since we were only doing about 6 knots. He actually slowed down to stay with us; he gave us the “OK” sign and a thumbs up... we knew he had to be a C-Dory fan.
When we pulled into Fairport, he was right there to watch us tie off... “Is that a 25?” he asked. “I was just on the C-Brats website this morning - they look like great boats!” After we got tied off and set up, we gave our new friend, Mark, a tour of Wild Blue. We encouraged him to go back to the website and check out our cruising thread to see what we’ve been doing with this boat.


On our last couple RV trips, we’ve tried to follow the 2/2/2 Rule whenever practical: that is, don’t go more than 200 miles per day, pull into a campground by 2:00 in the afternoon, and stay for at least 2 days. Today, we did that with the boat: don’t go more than 20 miles, pull in by 2:00, and stay for two days. It is $7 per day to stay on the wall here; that includes power, water, immaculate restrooms and showers, and a pumpout. Not as good of a deal as FREE at Newark, but it sure is easier on the budget than our stay in New York City!


One of the interesting features in this town is the lift bridge; you can see it in the photo above, behind Wild Blue. There is only 9’ of clearance under the bridge, but it raises up to allow boats to pass under it. Yes, we are parked near the bridge... you can hear the cars driving over it. But, with our air conditioner running and the windows and door shut, you don’t notice it.

We had a late lunch at an Italian place not far from the canal. The portions were so big we won’t need supper and we’ll have leftovers for tomorrow!

People were taunting us by walking by with ice cream... it was more than I could take... ice cream stroll. We came back to the boat and sat in the cockpit with Izzy. She kept a close watch on all the activity across the canal.