Hello everyone, a little catch up here. After June graduation parties, Niagara Falls, Woodstock, we returned to boating. Leaving Albany area, we headed to Lake Champlain. 12 Locks in all! We spent the first night in Mechanicville on the wall with all the bug in NY!. Now we know why we see all the pontoon boats up here with full netting. We travel the balance of the 12 locks the next day. The statue in the photo's is Samuel de Champlain a French Navigator. We went on to Burlington, VT my first time in Vermont! Only one state left and I will have been in all 50. ( Rhode Island) We loved Burlington, although we did not go to the Ben & Jerry's store - I was afraid Ron would never leave. On to Canada from here. You could spend the summer in Lake Champlain, we don't think we have ever boated in water so deep, some depths to 300'. We were lucky we had calm days and no wind.