So, where are we anyway? This is a great little diagram of the canal system that we took yesterday in the museum. If you follow the Erie Canal (this is the bottom part of the triangle from Oswego to Troy, NY. ) you will see our intended route that we were going to take. This total distance is about 186 statute miles. Because of the severe damage from hurricane Irene, this canal was closed. So, we headed north from Oswego and followed the eastern part of the lake to Kingston, Cornwall, Montreal and then to the top of the 'triangle', Sorel. From there we have been heading south (finally). We just left Burlington, VT (see diagram) and are heading for the more southerly/narrow part of Lake Champlain today for an achorage. From there we start the Champlain canal system. This new distance will be about 670 statute miles.....a little difference of 484 statute miles.
...a little later...
It was another lovely day. Dylan was again at the wheel. (on autopilot...with us there...of course.) 
He loves to sit there for hours some time. We stopped early at Fort Ticonderoga, just off of the channel. We all climbed in the dinghy and headed for shore. Unfortunately, this for was unpenetrable from the sea. 
there was no where to land our dingy and it was very swampy. Connor was a little upset as he was so excited about seeing another fort. We promised another fort of some sort along the way. We decided to haul our anchor up and put a few extra miles on since it 
was such a lovely calm day. We ended up in a beautiful little spot just off of the channel at the very end of Lake Champlain. 
He loves to sit there for hours some time. We stopped early at Fort Ticonderoga, just off of the channel. We all climbed in the dinghy and headed for shore. Unfortunately, this for was unpenetrable from the sea. 
there was no where to land our dingy and it was very swampy. Connor was a little upset as he was so excited about seeing another fort. We promised another fort of some sort along the way. We decided to haul our anchor up and put a few extra miles on since it 
was such a lovely calm day. We ended up in a beautiful little spot just off of the channel at the very end of Lake Champlain. 
It was so quiet and the stars were so dense and bright. We discovered that the anchorage was a great spot to play with echos. I did an owl sound that echoed over and over again since there were so many rock faces around us. Kerry did a few, as did I again, but Connor was a little reluctant to do one. Finally he did a quick 'Whoo Whoo' and what came back was a very cross, "Quack Quack". Connor was cracking himself up on that one. I guess a duck had enough of us! He thought that was hilarious. (you really just had to be there!)
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