We Bid Adieu

We had to get up early as we were to fly home before dawn Sunday and had to get the boat all squared away by Saturday afternoon. The weather report was 100% rain and thunder and I was a teeny bit concerned that it would be an uncomfortable day we didn’t have any proper rain gear. We had several locks to navigate and that meant I would have to be outside handling the lock line and we didn’t have any proper rain gear. As it turned out, we were super lucky and the rain held off.

The locks were the most fun yet and along the prettiest stretch of river. It was narrow and interspersed with little communities along the banks and lined with thousands of trees with the leaves beginning to change. The colors stood out against the sky and green river. It was quite an experience and perfect for our last day as it made us happily anticipate our return next spring.

We arrived at Winter Harbor and tied up just as the first drops of rain began to fall. There were several large 60 and 70’ yachts there, some on an asphalt lot and some tied at the dock, all waiting for their turn to be hoisted out of the water and rolled into the giant heated ‘boat barns’. We started a load of onboard laundry for towels which gave us about two hours to pack and ready the boat for winter. By the time our taxi arrived, it was raining hard so our bags got wet as we (chivalrous John actually) splashed through the puddles and rolled a few duffles out to make our way to our ‘fine’ Best Western Motel at the Syracuse airport.

And so we bid Adieu to the lovely Latitude Adjustment until next summer!