15 Miles on the Erie Canal

What an interesting night. Following a very good and very cheap meal at the New Great Wall restuarant we were entertained by fellow travellers in a nearby room. Entertainment plus, lol. But the room itself was very comfortable and even I slept well.
Breakfast was provided with the room and we took advantage!!

Unfortunately we were leaving town a day before we would have liked as Salamanca, NY and the Dudley had been charming. When you have hotel view like this, guard dogs like Bandit and Buffy and a Musuem that looks like this.......









There were only a couple of things planned for the final day of our trip. Getting home and prepared for Jeff's arrival and to take a ferry ride on the Erie Canal. A few years ago I was loaned a Bruce Springsteen CD "We shall overcome - The Seeger Sessions - (thanks Jaimey). One of the tracks on the CD and the accompaning DVD was "Low Bridge - Fifteen Miles on the Erie Canal", that track,the CD and the DVD showed just how good American  music can be.

Low Bridge
By Thomas S. Allen
I've got a mule, her name is Sal
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal
She's a good old worker and a good old pal
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal
We've hauled some barges in our day
Filled with lumber, coal, and hay
And we know every inch of the way
From Albany to Buffalo
Chorus:
Low bridge, everybody down
Low bridge cause we're coming to a town
And you'll always know your neighbor
And you'll always know your pal
If you've ever navigated on the Erie Canal
Get up there Sal, we've passed that lock,
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal
And we'll make Rome before six o'clock
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal
One more trip and back we'll go
Through the rain and sleet and snow
And we know every inch of the way
From Albany to Buffalo
Low bridge, everybody down
Low bridge for we're coming to a town
And you'll always know your neighbor
And you'll always know your pal
If you've ever navigated on the Erie Canal.

Travelling to Lockport to get to the ferry was easier than we thought (thanks to Mrs Garmin) and although the day was a little dreary it was a comfortable morning drive. As we drove through Orchard Park NY we looked for Ralph Wilson Stadium where we'd be in a week without success.

When we did did get to Lockport we did find our Barge but we didn't find Sal. The trip was interesting, the locks fascinating and the knowledge that if we had a boat we could travel for 584km (363 miles) amazing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erie_Canal
Mmmmm another time maybe....

A very peaceful couple of hours but I wish they'd use the "Boss's" version of Low Bridge on the ferry........ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roqhd3yG3Qk&feature=related

After that break it was back to reality, into the CuRVy, on with Mrs Garmin, press go home, goodbye to the USA, back over the border and into the Great White North.

ps while writing this (late) post I've been listening to Bruce Springsteen on YouTube. I've got to see him live!!!!!!