The skies have opened up and it is pouring rain. Yesterday one kind woman took us all around looking for a screw for Phil's engine. I hopped out at Walmart and in ten minutes bought a toaster for the propane oven. Like you, Cheryl, I am very excited by my purchase. Can you believe it was only $2:00 and it was made in Canada! It must be made specifically for the U.S. market as the box was in English and Spanish! I also got a fold-up steamer, dehumidifier crystals and large Ziploc bags. All in ten minutes! In the U.S.Ziplock bags come L, XL and XXL. The XL are big enough for large chart books (2 ft by 20") and you can even get bigger ones! What a great idea. I plan to put put sleeping bags in these huge bags when we no longer need them. Not that we have needed them the last few days. The weather is a topic of conversation around here as the temperature is 20 degrees above the norm!
I have put everything in ziplock bags on the boat. This will protect things from the humidity and mold which is a problem when living on a boat.
When we were going through the Mohawk Valley, the waterlevels were very low so the locks opened only on the hour going east and on the half hour going west. What a difference from last June when the Mohawk River flooded the banks after several days of rain. The lockmaster told us that the water was so high it went up about 25 feet over the highest point of the lock. Boats ended up on the highway and on the hills of the valley. Lots of dredging still going on and resurfacing around the locks as part of the clean-up. On a boat you realize how strong the force of nature can be. That is why we are staying put in Waterford until the weather is better.
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