This seemed to make everyone happy so the next week, the teachers decided to give the kids the day off, so I went walking along the canal from Erwina, Pa. to Frenchtown, NJ ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180014 with Ben and John as we walked over the ice ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180015 ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180016 that broke almost like glass shattering ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180017 ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180018 ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180019 before we came to the path to Uhlerstown ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180020 and looked back at where we had come from ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180021 and where we were heading ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180022 and so went on to the next lock ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180023 up the icy hill ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180024 and admired the covered bridge from the side ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180025 as well as from the front ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180026 ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180027 ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180028 and we read the history of the Canal and the town (which had changed its name from the other sign ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180029 but we still looked down at the road going forward towards New Jersey ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180030 and stopped to break the ice that had accumulated on the field ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180031 ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180032 ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180033 ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180034 throwing rocks as we did. ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180035

Next thing we knew, we were at the bridge ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180036 and making our way across to New Jersey ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180037 ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180038 ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180039 with some artistic photos of the bridge grillework ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180040 ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180041 before we went to the Frenchtown Cafe ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180042 ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180043 and made our way in where we found this collection sign in the bathroom ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180044 as Ben ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180045 John ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180046 and I ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180047 ordered our drinks ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180048 ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180049 ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180050 and then Ben's sandwich ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180051 John's burger ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180052 and my quesadilla arrived ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180053 so that after a photo of the Frenchtown Inn ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180054 we were ready to once again capture the grillework on the bridge ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180055 ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180056 ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180057 before getting to the road signs on the other side ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180058 and the sign welcoming us to Pennsylvania ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180059 where the road was closed ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180060 but Ben and John ran down it ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180061 as we admired the field once more ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180062 ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180063 before we saw the geese ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180064 ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180065 and the requests for silence ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180066 ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180067 as we got back onto the tow path and took pictures of the canal ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180068 ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180069 ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180070 ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180071 along with its ducks ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180072 ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180073 ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180074 ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180075 and headed down the path which had less snow but ski paths ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180076 and made our way to the lock mechanism ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180077 ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180078 ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180079 ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180080 ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180081 ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180082 and saw the water that it let through ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180083 ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180084 ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180085 and then we made our way back ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180086 past the fork in the canal ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180087 where the waters merged ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180088 and recorded the path we had been on ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180089 ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180090 as well as the story of the canal. ../../../Sabbat/2008/02.06-15.08OfficeAndCanal/P1180091