I was up at 6:40am so I could get a head start on showering etc. we actually got underway at 9:00am under a cloudy not so nice looking sky. At Lock 10 (15' drop) there are all three modes of transport - the river, the highway and railway. Clouds are gone and its shaping up to be another glorious day on the canal our last if we make it to Waterford.
Seen a lot of Common Mergansers, flocks of Redwing Blackbirds, Yellow Legs and Common Egrets.
Mergansers, Egret and Yellowlegs
Neat road bridge, I87 I think headed south then a few more twists in the river and we begin the run through the Five Sisters Locks 6-2.
Just before the Five Sisters there are two Control Gates the first is usually closed so you call ahead and they open it. The second is open most of the time. 
What a pretty run all that yellow and blue and the weather as the day drew to a close was classic for a fall day. It only took an hour to drop 183.1'. Locks 6-3 dropped more than 33' each and Lock 2 just 14'. The locks drain water at a rate of 2200 gallons a minute - they drain faster than your average bathtub!
So literally just a feww hundred yards from Lock 2 gate we tied up at Waterford Harbor Visitors Center 42 47.2174N 73 40.7556W.
Under the bridge and turn to starboard and we're in the Hudson River. Just a short way down on the east side is Troy Lock after which the river is tidal.
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