A ride on the canal

One of the things I had wanted to do before leaving Rochester was to take a boat ride on the Erie Canal.  We ended up taking the trip after school let out, because it was in the afternoon.  It was a beautiful day to go for a cruise…

We saw some neat buildings, like this one that I think is on the U of R campus:

Eli came to look out the window too:

We went through some locks:

Brian sat on the steps to the upper deck with some of his friends:

And on the way back to the dock, we got a nice view of downtown Rochester:

And let’s just forget the cranky it’s-my-naptime toddler meltdown that was going on by this time!