Amsterdam NY & St. Johnsville NY

We left Mohawk Marina and motored through 4 more locks arriving in Amsterdam in time to walk around the town and eat a fabulous dinner at Lorenzo's! Italian with a terrific antipasto tray that we took home for another dinner!

Amsterdam is rejuvenating itself and has a wonderful walking bridge across the Mohawk River. It is called the Mohawk Valley Gateway Overlook and won an award in 2019 for being one of the Great Public Spaces in America.

Below you will find a picture of a flag honoring a veteran.  Most small towns in New York, have these!  It is such a wonderful way to honor these heroes, so I just had to share!  God Bless America!

On Sunday, we left Amsterdam and motored 35 miles to St. Johnsville Municiple Marina and Campground.  What a small, serene place. The town actually is a village with a population of 1,643 and closed factories! We walked a mile to buy ice cream, but alas, the drive in was closed.  Still searching for my "ice cream."

During that trip we went through locks 12, 13 14, and 15!  At Lock 15 (Fort Plain) there were several families watching the boats go through, and I had a delightful conversation with two Amish families. Wish I hadn't had to hold onto the lock line and could have taken a picture of them!  Boys photo below.

At the St, Johnsville Marina we had a bit of excitement - an oil spill (not ours) with local fire, sheriffs and volunteers arriving to clean it up!

Side note - this part of the canal is also a major railway transport area and we've seen hundreds of trains hauling cars from Detroit to the East Coast and beyond.

Smooth sailing y'all!

One of the helpful Lock Masters
Young Amish Boys at Lock 15
Sign commemorating a canal store that serviced barges
See photo below of Store

Sweet Canal Store
Artwork that is part of the entry to the walking bridge
Italian restaurant

Antipasto salad

Sign honoring veterans

Young Amish boys at Lock
Oil spill drama











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