EllisIslandLoop: Tuesday, June 13

Tuesday, June 13 - AVIA Wine!

For some random reason, I was up early and we headed out with Sonny and Phyllis and the early group. On to Waterford!

We passed some parts of the Hudson that are industrial, but there aren't many. These were in Schodack Landing. That's really the name.

There are not many marinas on this section of the Hudson, mostly boat clubs.

This lovely home deserved a picture!

We passed through Albany. Danny said they could take a lesson from Knoxville's waterfront development. Lots of highways, not much parkways.

The next town we passed was Troy, which had some lovely homes along the waterfront.

Just past Troy, we came to the beginning of the Erie Canal.

We had been following Sonny and Phyllis all day, and they led us into the Waterford City Marina, which really is a town wall with water and electricity ($10.00 per day). The first spot we tried would not work with our electrical set-up, so we went to the other end and it worked!

There was a grocery store just across the bridge in North Troy, so we biked over to re-provision. We managed to pack $90.00 worth of groceries into one backpack, 2 bike baskets, and one crate. My Dad would be so proud of us!

Grocery stores here don't sell wine, so after unloading our groceries, we headed to the wine store in the opposite direction. The maintenance guy at the marina had suggested we take the bike path which followed the Old Champlain Canal Towpath.

This house was right next to the canal, I'm guessing it was original.

We found the wine store, and as I was looking, Danny asked the clerk if he carried Avia wine, my favorite from our days in Washington when I would buy it for $1.79 at Central Liquor in downtown DC. I have found it infrequently, once in Texas (thanks, John) and once in Charleston, SC, but nowhere recently. I was so excited!