We Stayed at a Lock Wall from 1918 (Amsterdam, NY)

[@SchoandJo]

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[@debakey7111]

It's so rewarding to see how you two have grown in your experience. I remember your nervousness in the beginning Jenn was almost debilitating and now you're kick ass comfortable. Well done guys!

[@SchoandJo]

One step at a time! It’s gotten us here, and we are super happy! Thanks Deb!

[@tonytowhitch]

love Ole's smile !!!!! 😊

[@SchoandJo]

Haha thanks Tony!! She’s a pretty girl 😁

[@malakvalentin2352]

You guys rock! Thank you guys, this was special to me cause I used to live in Amsterdam and it will always have a special place in my heart. I'm glad to see that it still has a lot of wilderness cause unfortunately between all these shopping centers and crime, many of these places change so much. But then again that's true throughout the U.S. Anyway you guys made my day, and I never knew so much about these Locks until now, so thanks again and be safe. Love your dog, adorable.

[@tonyfrancesco3701]

Montgomery county is the most beautiful part of the Mohawk valley. Amsterdam is a great place to live the music at River Link Park is top notch . free music shows every summer

[@SchoandJo]

Oh thats super cool!

[@shutterchick79]

🎶🎶 I got an old mule, her name is Sal. 15 years on the Erie canal. We've hauled some barges in our day, filled with lumber, coal, and hay. Low bridge!!! Everybody down!!! Low bridge!! Because we're coming through a town!!! 🎶 🎶

[@thomasgreen8894]

Amsterdam whooooo my home town

[@SchoandJo]

Woot woot

[@missfrancesdingdong]

Great trip! Thanks for highlighting our rivers! Especially the Mohawk. My daughter lives in Amsterdam and I live slightly northwest of there!

[@chrism1164]

Great drone footage! Congratulations on your \Annivesary! ❤

[@tmac709]

That was a nice beautiful and peaceful cruise.

[@SchoandJo]

Thanks T Mac 🤙

[@David-mb7zn]

I grew up in Amsterdam, New York until I left for the Navy back in 1985. I don’t really miss it that much, but I do miss Russo’s. Your video is awesome. The Pizza is phenomenal. All of their open faced sandwiches are awesome and the bread is to die for. Made me a little bit homesick. Definitely made me hungry.🤣🤣

[@SchoandJo]

hah it was delicious, no doubt!

[@donames7274]

Thank you for sharing your journey. You've done what I've dreamed of. I'm in awe of your journey and more specifically the meals created along the way. I know some 5 star restaurants would love to have a chef as creative as she is. Being a sailor at 64 years of young I've learned a few things about menus on board while underway. I can cook a 7 course meal in less than 15 minutes. But my culinary skills are nothing to what I've seen in your videos. ( my 7 course meal consists of a hot dog and six pack.) It's my understanding that you have left the boat life and continue your journey on land. I totaly support that and I am amazed that such young individuals have chosen to pursue such a life style. I've been admonished by family for being of a free spirit but the knowledge obtained along the way is priceless. Should you be open to adopting a 64 year old that's house broke let me know. Just kidding and hope I made you laugh. Safe travels.

[@SchoandJo]

Hi Don, haha "hot dog and six pack" seven course meal! Some days that sounds pefect. Thanks for following along!

[@AquaCultured]

Looks so enjoyable!! Love it!

[@SchoandJo]

Right on man, thanks!

[@karenprice5439]

Awesome video..So Calm and Peaceful...

[@SchoandJo]

Thanks Karen 😁

[@tomreid5184]

Don't take this as a "downer" txt. I'm just preparing myself for when the time comes to bid you farewell. Although I am usually 3 days behind your vlog, I know you are really getting closer to completing the Loop. It isn't fair for me to expect this trip to continue. Everything has it's own time/season. I'm beginning to feel like the people in Mudville when mighty Casey struck out. SAD, very sad. You will be missed and I want you to know you've touched my heart. I'll never get to meet you personally, but I won't forget you. Now on a happier note: this was really a great video. I think it was the most comfortable I've seen both of you. You said it yourself how much you've learned in your travels along the Loop. Hopefully boating will be a part of your future. The best part of this video was watching Ollie the Wonder Dog running freely. I understand the joy of seeing your best boat dog doing what a dog should do. FREEDOM to run. I love it when my own dog Katie has an opportunity to just take off chasing the wind. I doubt I'll ever get to have a boat of my own, but it has been and is a pleasure following your travels. Stay safe and remember to savor each and every day. Even the difficult days will have something good to remember and bad times fade as you grow older. Sometimes I think everyday has been wonderful. That's the benefit of older age (hate to say "old age"). Ha Ha. Later. Semper Fi.

[@SchoandJo]

Thanks so much Tom, its very kind and sweet of you. Our love for "embracing the pivot" will continue to further adventures and quite possibly another go at the Loop. All we can do is enjoy the moment because thats all we have! Cheers 😁

[@michaelhensley4102]

As always love your videos. It has been a treat to see a new video almost everyday for the last few days. Thank You again.

[@SchoandJo]

Thank you for watching Michael! Really trying hard to stay consistent! Cheers

[@daveevans1516]

Excellent footage that we all come to expect. Except for the Eggplant Parmigiano dinner. My wife makes me eat it when she cooks it. A side of meat balls in an Italian Restaurant. Yum. Safe Travels.

[@alisonwood1976]

My hometown :)❤

[@SchoandJo]

😁

[@markgreenough4568]

That’s my son and selfs favorite fishing spot glad you enjoyed what we get to use and see whenever we like. The parts of NY most don’t see to enjoy

[@SchoandJo]

Oh awesome! It’s a beautiful spot!

[@jonathenbishop1119]

great video as always thank you

[@SchoandJo]

Thank YOU Jonathen for watching 😁

[@HopeOfJoe]

What at tranquil and lovely day on the canal. 🎉🎉 Totally enjoyed. See you tomorrow. ✨🌊💨🛥🌞✨

[@SchoandJo]

Thanks Richard!

[@sarahdzikowicz9833]

You made our area look so nice! ❤ I’m glad you enjoyed Russo’s! 🍝

[@SchoandJo]

Aww thanks Sarah! Haha I don’t think we had much work to make it look nice, it’s beautiful on its own 😁😁

[@sarahdzikowicz9833]

@@SchoandJo It's so nice to know that people from other areas think where we live is beautiful. If you ever get a chance to come back in the fall - you'll love it! 😊

[@goldner71]

Belated Happy Engagement Anniversary!

[@SchoandJo]

Thanks!!

[@edwardcowan7012]

My Aunt and Uncle did that. They live on lake St Clair in MI. I’ve been on about 400 miles of that route. I have fished a lot of the Erie Canal, great bass fishing.

[@SchoandJo]

Oh right on! Thanks for watching Edward 🤙

[@vipercoil630]

Well done. You two have learned so much. Boating and KZbin skills have both advanced so much.

[@SchoandJo]

Thanks so much! Step by step!

[@EdEdelenbos]

Another winner of a vlog. Thanks for sharing your trip.

[@SchoandJo]

Thanks Ed!

[@savraannecreations5358]

There is a yearly organized bike trip Biking the Erie Canal that lasts 8-days. I’ve done. It was a lot of fun!!

[@SchoandJo]

oh that sounds like a lot of fun!

[@dougt2320]

2 years ago my wife and I spent a week camping on our pontoon on the Erie. We spent a nite in the exact spot you tied up amd have the most amazing picture of our boat with the sunset in the background. Loving your updates!!

[@SchoandJo]

Nice! Sounds like a blast 🤙

[@carolwestermann5309]

Love all the drone footage. Beautiful scenery, exploring new waterways and towns, Ollie chasing the geese, you two are getting very comfortable on docking. So happy to see you enjoying this trip of a lifetime. ♥️♥️♥️

[@SchoandJo]

Thanks Carol ❤️❤️

[@giantmillet22]

I had been “patiently” waiting for this video. Well done. Thank you. I loved the shot of Goosed. Hope to see you again.

[@SchoandJo]

Haha thanks Joshua!

[@johnmarschalk1977]

You didn't let Ollie chase the skunk? Fun police. What a downer! LOL

[@SchoandJo]

Lol! I think the Skunk would win 😂

[@jimmyrants4342]

Loved this video. Your meal looked so good. I almost could smell it. lol. Thanks again for taking us couch dwellers along for the adventure.

[@SchoandJo]

Haha right on, thanks for watching!

[@Ihaterain999]

Hope you enjoy buffalo/ niagra falls when you get down here. The gateway harbor is great. The leaves are great about this time

[@SchoandJo]

Will have to get a raincheck on that area of the Erie Canal. This year we are doing the Erie Canal to the Oswego Canal into Lake Ontario. Cheers!

[@lovingcars]

Would love to bike some of the Eyrie canal trail..

[@SchoandJo]

One day!

[@johnmarschalk1977]

Seen where people passing through locks give Lock Master cookies or such. Think weren't allowed during Covid. Sounds like it's ok again, at least on their side giving dog treats. And no dog deserved them more than Ollie!!! Such a trooper.

[@SchoandJo]

Right on! I wish we knew that people gave out treats back then, oh well - next time!

[@buckpowers4837]

Knew you would like the inland rivers. Enjoy

[@SchoandJo]

Right on, Buck!

[@vernholmes7940]

A great episode indeed! Enjoyed it very much.

[@SchoandJo]

Thanks Vern!

[@Trevor_G_official]

I live right in Amsterdam I go fishing at the locks all the time

[@suzanneaydelotte801]

Loved all the trees and houses along the canal…it was awesome to see it all in the drone shots too. Your Italian dinner looked so delicious…happy anniversary of your engagement! It looks like Ollie had a blast running around! Keep traveling safe❣️

[@SchoandJo]

It may have been Ollie’s favorite spot! Thanks Suzanne ☺️

[@BobEstler]

Be glad you found the skunk before Olie. Too, if she is a frisbee chaser you might want to get a cloth frisky, easier on the teeth.

[@SchoandJo]

Ooh good point! If I didn’t see the skunk before Ollie she may have become an outside puppy 😅

[@ross6343]

By far, the Erie Canal...well actually, the whole New York Canal system is one of my very favorite boating experiences! As you've said, very relaxing, including the locks I'll add. Oh...the 'federal number' you referenced is the USCG vessel reg number...right?!? Skunks have keen smell and are attracted to human food. Anyhoo...enjoying your videos - thanks for sharing! Safe travels. Cheers...

[@SchoandJo]

We've been loving the Erie as well! Yep, that was the number we were referring to. Thanks so much Ross!

[@paulcroke8675]

Watching your videos from the area I lived in the 90s that is the foothills of the Adirondack mountains so beautiful in the summertime. I don’t know if I mentioned this before but when you get up to Fort Hunter lock the sh creek is where the original Erie canal aqueduct is still standing

[@SchoandJo]

It really was gorgeous this Summer, cheers! Thanks for watching Paul

[@floathi]

You might want to clarify that the Erie barge canal peaks at 400 plus feet and if traveling west it starts a down trip.No doubt you will go through Buffalo. Three rivers. BTW six round trips EBC

[@pap91rt50]

Super mella a gorgeous!!

[@SchoandJo]

Absolutely!!

[@josephseverino8123]

I don't know if you notice but Italian people are great at making icebergs and from what I can gather you're not too far away from

[@johnduffy532]

We love your videos. Would it be possible to include the date that each video actually was recorded. I like knowing the date so I can reference the weather you are experiencing at that time. Just a suggestion. Thanks and have fun!

[@SchoandJo]

Hi John! Thanks so much for watching! We include the date filmed in every video's description as well as the pinned comment 😁 This video was filmed, June 26th I believe. Cheers!

[@johnduffy532]

Gee, that’s great! Thanks so much. We recently purchased a 1964 Mackenzie Cuttyhunk 23’ and have been cruising the Connecticut River. I’m hoping in the future we embark on more ambitious cruising but in the meantime we travel vicariously with you.

[@SchoandJo]

Awesome, congrats y'all! Great news!

[@grantpeachey6908]

Not to be a prude but love the vids and the adventure.noticed when leaving a doc you Julie jumped onto the doc, from the boat, now we have been there before cost you and the captain,so lets not break a leg or twist an ankle and calm down running on a jetty or a ty up wall is just as bad and y are you running to ty up stay calm stay cool walk do not run bless you guys.

[@SchoandJo]

Safety first, thanks Grant!

[@bryanpratt2060]

You mentioned “federal documents” is that the USCG vessel papers?

[@SchoandJo]

Yes, just the number associated to your boat!

[@bellindj]

I was born in Amsterdam ( lock 11)in 1947. By the way they are hills not mountains lol. Yes the Italian restaurant that was Russo's when I was younger. i was there in May 2023. Can you solo the Erie canal?

[@SchoandJo]

Yes, you can solo the Erie Canal!

[@lovingcars]

I see a number of chimney abandoned buildings as you pass by. Are these erstwhile power plants?

[@SchoandJo]

You know I'm not sure, I just assumed they were old factories from back in the day? Good question

[@commonsence8223]

I grew up in Amsterdam. It's a cement factory, still on operation. The stacks aren't used anymore though.

[@josephseverino8123]

I would think you're heading towards

[@josephseverino8123]

All the places you showed in Amsterdam New York is probably 2 mi away from lock 11

[@SchoandJo]

Darn, will have to visit in the future!! Sounds great

[@willhoyle752]

Where do you get a federal registration? Also, are you even going to be able to make it down the Mississippi with such low water levels???

[@SchoandJo]

Hey Will! You get the registration through the coast guard, and the Mississippi was fine for us! Plenty of water 😁

[@jaydeecarpenter7965]

Are you still in the area??

[@SchoandJo]

This was filmed this Summer, so unfortunately not! Further downstream on the Loop 😁

[@jaydeecarpenter7965]

@@SchoandJo oh man. I live right in town of lock 13.

[@kinazz19]

I let my dog run there many of times ,nice area minus all the geese droppings

[@SchoandJo]

Niiice, perfect for the dogs!

[@COPPER71]

I believe the federal documentation is completely different then the state. Federal documentation supersedes state

[@gregsullivan8956]

Nashville?

[@SchoandJo]

🤠

[@BillHines-i5q]

Growing up in the South, we all to often had our dogs mess with skunks. NOT a pleasant experience! I’m glad your’s didn’t have this adventure. You would likely stayed at Lock 11 for a few days.

[@SchoandJo]

haha no doubt...

[@josephseverino8123]

Canajoharie.

[@scottkolaya2110]

It was great having your video show up as a suggestion. We're just downriver a little from Scotia. We bike, walk, and rollerblade that trail and kayak the river all the time. If you were passing by today, the trees are in wonderful peak fall colors. I know that restaurant, but have never been there yet. Maybe we'll go soon. Thanks for all the wonderful comments and footage. We love living here. Hope the rest of your trip is wonderful. Oh, and lock 7 has hydro power, but the rest on this video do not.

[@SchoandJo]

Thanks for the info Scott! We’d love to make another trip in the Fall!

[@Trevor_G_official]

I live right next to Russos they have the best Italian food

[@josephseverino8123]

Where Gerber baby food was manufactured for 70+ years then miraculously one day the state says how about move 75 mi east of you so we don't have to deal with all the problems that's going on with your plant

[@jonathenbishop1119]

why do you need your doc papers

[@SchoandJo]

Not sure... I bet they just use that to keep track of each boat going through the canal?

[@giantmillet22]

It’s just used to generate traffic report numbers and keep track of boats moving through the system.

[@josephseverino8123]

Jewish guy said I thought you said cut his cannoli LMAO

[@rubberduckie2126]

throw Ollie a few extra belly rubs from her Florida fans

[@SchoandJo]

Done! Always down to give Ollie more belly rubs! (I’m sure she is too 😁)

[@erikyerdon3248]

Unfortunately the bike path is a big waste of money 90 percent of people ride the road

[@SchoandJo]

We would definitely use it if we lived in the area! Or maybe on another trip 😁

[@josephseverino8123]

Order some Calzone's from Bosco's before you leave! These freaking guys are like Jewish bread makers you know what I'm saying? LOL