DAYS 29-34: Life between Locks E-7 and E-8; Scotia NY

Life in Scotia, NY

July 18-23: We found the free-ish dock in Scotia, NY located along side of Freedom Park ($20/night and $10 for water and electric). 

There has been a lot of rain to the west, the canal's water flow was at warp speed causing the canal system to close all locks for East/West bound passages. We were trapped between Locks E-7 and E-8. 

Docking the boat was an exercise in patience and skill. Jim is a great captain and made it look easy. That man is the best captain!

Mary & Jeremy, panacea, found themselves in the same "Looper Delima"; with the locks being closed, we had the docks to ourselves - perfect.

Freedom Park is used by multiple generations and respected by the community, simply beautiful. They organized a free summer concert series too; so far, we have seen Grand Central Station and The Lustre Kings. 

There is a local Drive-In Diner called Jumping Jacks, est.1952, it reminds me of Doumar's in Norfolk, VA. Jumping Jacks started a Water Ski Show in 1967 and continues to this day. The show has grown into one of the US Water Ski Show Teams and practice/perform every Tuesday at 7pm. Because of the swift water flow, we watched the team practice the acrobatic portion on land. Later, we went back to the boat and pulled the team up on YouTube - W O W! Next week they have a competition in Maine - competition?! Others do this too?! Who knew this was even a thing?

Did you know Disc Golf is a thing?! Jeremey and Mary taught us to play at the Central Park Disc Golf Course. It was so much fun! They play all the time and are more than good. We played 18 holes and did pretty well. It took 4-5 times on most all baskets while two baskets took 7-9 tries (I used a medium disc the whole game); but one basket was a birdie! Mary showed me the app to find other courses and Jeremey lent us some discs (there are different discs for different situations - who knew?!) There is a guy, Paul McBeth, and he signed a $1M/every-year for 10 years contract to play the sport! What?!

Extra things we did: Started one day with a 5 mile, roundtrip march to Walmart, had more than a few meals and ice creams from Jumping Jacks, learned to listen AWOL Nation and a few other bands (thanks Mary), visited a local pub, had docktails and a cook out with our Looper Pals, panacea.

About The Park - Freedom Park Scotia, NY

July 18: The normal mean flow, for this section of the lock, is 1,000 cubic feet per second. The Lock Masters open the locks when the flow is under 10,000. The river's current flow is at 30,000 - WOW it's intense - logs and small trees everywhere!

July 19: Locks E-2 to E-19 remain closed. The river's flow is 30,000 cubic feet per second. So you can't move your boat or use the locks ... here we stay.

July 20: Water flow is 20,000 cubic feet per second; weather to the west needs to simmer down and get its act together - still in Scotia.

July 21: Water flow is 16,000 cubic feet per second; not today LegaSea... still in Scotia.

July 22: 7am: Water flow is 18,000 cubic feet per second; 1pm its 17,000 and they opened the locks. Jeremy and Mary made a run for it but no one told the Lock Master the locks were opened and he advised against it ... here we sit for another day ... lovin' the Scotia life.

July 23: Water flow is 13,500 cubic feet per second ... and we're heading to Amsterdam NY - will miss Scotia ... and panacea.

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