{"id":78,"date":"2019-08-02T23:59:58","date_gmt":"2019-08-03T03:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hourglass.slifkin.net\/?p=78"},"modified":"2019-10-25T13:43:37","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T17:43:37","slug":"delivery-trip-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hourglass.slifkin.net\/?p=78","title":{"rendered":"Delivery Trip Day 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We got an early start out of Schenectady with some mist still on the water, hoping to arrive at lock E8 as close to their 7 AM opening as possible.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" src=\"https:\/\/hourglass.slifkin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/48608613188_0954f20c90_o-1536x864.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-79\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hourglass.slifkin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/48608613188_0954f20c90_o-1536x864.jpg 1536w, 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class=\"wp-image-84\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hourglass.slifkin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/48609124052_0f7f7dcfd5_o-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hourglass.slifkin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/48609124052_0f7f7dcfd5_o-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hourglass.slifkin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/48609124052_0f7f7dcfd5_o-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/hourglass.slifkin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/48609124052_0f7f7dcfd5_o-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hourglass.slifkin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/48609124052_0f7f7dcfd5_o-1568x1176.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1152\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/hourglass.slifkin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/48823911668_1e779e41b6_o-1152x1536.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-87\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hourglass.slifkin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/48823911668_1e779e41b6_o-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/hourglass.slifkin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/48823911668_1e779e41b6_o-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/hourglass.slifkin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/48823911668_1e779e41b6_o-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/hourglass.slifkin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/48823911668_1e779e41b6_o-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hourglass.slifkin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/48823911668_1e779e41b6_o-1568x2091.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1152px) 100vw, 1152px\" \/><figcaption>A butterfly that landed on our bimini<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" src=\"https:\/\/hourglass.slifkin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/48608615248_7dac5b5852_o-1536x1152.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-85\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hourglass.slifkin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/48608615248_7dac5b5852_o-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, 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So after arrival in Ilion I wired a temporary fix and ordered a new switch assembly to install at the end of the trip.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1152\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/hourglass.slifkin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/48608614693_1be83d09e3_o-1152x1536.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hourglass.slifkin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/48608614693_1be83d09e3_o-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/hourglass.slifkin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/48608614693_1be83d09e3_o-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/hourglass.slifkin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/48608614693_1be83d09e3_o-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/hourglass.slifkin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/48608614693_1be83d09e3_o-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hourglass.slifkin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/48608614693_1be83d09e3_o-1568x2091.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1152px) 100vw, 1152px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We got an early start out of Schenectady with some mist still on the water, hoping to arrive at lock E8 as close to their 7 AM opening as possible. We again pushed for as much distance as we could reasonably cover, passing through Amsterdam and Little Falls. 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