We had a long day but we found ourselves a quiet spot behind Coxsackie Island, NY. H Active Captain likes this spot too. We had been making over 6 knots until 45 minutes ago when the current changed to flooding and added to the speed loss we had from breeze on the nose. Now making 5 knots so we called it done for the day. 
Enough for today . It's time for dinner.
The locks are all behind us. You know, some are so easy and some, like lock3, are not. The cross wind was strong; without mention from the lock master, only 1 door opened; the incoming northbound barge was right in front of the door; another barge was right behind it but on the opposite side from the first barge. No input or info offered up from the man in charge of this lock. For the most part, the lock masters are a friendly and congenial lot. And they offered a fair amount of useful information when we called ahead to each of them asking for special instructions. But 1 was not so helpful to put it mildly. A minority, but the situation dampened the experience of the day.
Two big bald eagles showed us their colors today- how cool is that. Mag up on the white spot on the rightmost shore, that's one. The other is above in the tree and impossible to see in this photo:
Selfies are a funny thing and over-used. Here's one anyway:
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