Elderhostel

Elderhostel

on the

Erie Canal

"Clinton's Ditch to Waterway of Glory"

October 2-9, 2005

 

our motel in Canastota, New York

 

 

dinner at Graziano's

 

program orientation by Jan Walterick

 

after which we had to tell about ourselves through pictures we drew

 

the Host Museum at Chittenango

More Photos of the Museum at Chittenango

 

Welcome to the Museum by Lynn DeOrio, Director

 

Gilles Roy told us about the Erie Canal history

 

how the locks functioned

 

about the tow mules
and the cross over when the tow path
changed to the other side of the canal

 

and how mule towed boats passed

 

we viewed the canal dry docks at the museum

More Photos of Erie Canal Dry Docks

 

learned about Wildflowers of the region from
Barbara and Gordon De Angelo

 

and life on the canal from Captain Kelsey (Michele Henry)

 

on the second day Joan DiChristina, introduced Andy Kitzman

 

from whom we learned about building the canal

 

and the special stump pullers required to clear the cut timber land

 

Canal Lifestyles were related by Jan Walterick

 

the story of Grandma Sheldon, a canal boat worker

 

was told by her daughter, Rita

 

and her granddaughters

 

and in the evening a dulcimer concert was performed by John O'Hara

to hear a portion of his concert

 

on the third day we visited the Sims Store Museum in Camillus

More Photos of the Camillus Museum

 

and the Erie Canal Museum in Syracuse in the old canal weigh house

More photos of the Syracuse Museum

 

had a buffet lunch at the Rusty Rail Restaurant

 

and visited the Canastota Canal Town Museumum

More Photos of the Canastota Museum

 

on day four we boarded the Emita II

Photos of our trip on the Erie Canal aboard Emita II

 

Emita tied up for our motel overnightht

 

the captain of the Emita II, telling us of his dreams for the Erie Canal

 

leaving the Emita II at the end of our voyage

 

returning by bus to Canastota

 

our canal cookie at the last lunch


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