June 14, 2019 – The docks at Little Falls were jam packed yesterday when we got there, but by 10 AM, we were all by ourselves.
The dockmaster was going to head to town (which is up over a bridge on the other side of the river), and offered to give us a lift and see some sights. He first drove up to an overlook where we could see back down the Mohawk Valley along the route we had traveled the day prior.
We then went by the Herkimer estate, the town ball fields, and a stone bread oven built by Italian immigrants in the 1800s when many of them worked constructing the canal. Then Mark dropped us off at the community co-op, where we picked up a few unique items before heading across the street to the Price Chopper for more provisioning. We loaded our small bike trailer with the goods, and crossed the main street in the rain to duck under the canopied sidewalk. We stopped at Ruggerio’s, an Italian restaurant that we’d been told about for its delicious food and gigantic portions. All true – we each ordered a cup of soup, that came out in huge bowls – ‘wait a minute, we only ordered a cup’ –‘no, that’s the cup size here’. The food was also great, and we brought some of it back to the boat for later.
We returned to the marina to find ‘9 1/2’, another Looper boat had pulled in – we had crossed paths with them briefly back at Norrie Point. In the evening, we scoped out the route we’d transit the next week or so up to the 1000 islands, and got ready for a long day on Saturday.