Had a great time last Monday evening with a group of our Temple Missionaries.  We took a trip down the Erie on this boat, the Mary Jemison

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Here’s the view of and from the top deck.  Elder Poulson in the front next to my empty chair and the couple behind him are Elder and Sister Miller (they are serving at Lake Seneca Camp, the girls’ camp here in our area) and the rest are Temple Missionaries.  So nice to be invited to join them.

We left from a port called “Corn Hill” in downtown Rochester, NY.  We traveled about an hour and half east, went through lock #33, turned around and came back.  We had terrific weather which is rare here.  

Some sites along the way:

Notice the Blue Heron in this picture.  We saw several along the way.  They don’t appear to be as blue and the herons we had on our pond in Fallbrook but still fun to see so much wild life around us here in upstate NY.

             

We passed along the beautiful campus of the University of Rochester. Here’s picture of their very impressive library.

We passed under some neat looking bridges….some very low ones which required us to be seated and cautious as we passed beneath them.  Remember the song….”low bridge, everybody down, low bridge ‘cause we’re com’n to the town”?

Approaching Lock #33, note how high the water level is on the side of the dock.

In the next few pictures, notice the waterline on the side of the dock.  We’re being lowered down so as to be able to sail into the lower part of the canal on the other side of Lock 33.

Lock on the low end beginning to open so that we can pass through.

We started out in this lock way above the edge of the lock.  Now see where we are as the lock opens to let us pass through on the low side.

As we came around a bend in the canal and entered the Genesee River the city of Rochester came into view.

This is the “Fredrick Douglas/Susan B. Anthony Memorial Bridge” which has won many awards.  We turned around just before passing under it.  Just beyond the bridge there is a waterfall and a change in the river….so that’s as far as boats go.  We docked just before the bridge on the right side of this picture.

Notice the buoys in the next picture.