Welcome Aboard- The View from the First Mate: Journeying the Erie Canal with Heart and History

Author:   Renee Rivera a Membership
Publisher:   Independently Published
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9798250378963


Pages:   100
Publication Date:   03 March 2026
Format:   Paperback
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Welcome Aboard- The View from the First Mate: Journeying the Erie Canal with Heart and History


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Some journeys are measured in miles. Others are measured in sunsets shared. In Welcome Aboard: The View from the First Mate, Renee Rivera invites readers aboard The Lola, a classic Chris-Craft cruising the historic Erie Canal. What begins as a boating adventure becomes something far richer - a meditation on patience, partnership, history, and the quiet magic of small canal towns. Traveling west to east across New York's 600-mile canal system, Renee shares life from the first mate's perspective: navigating locks and lift bridges, watching herons rise from still water, learning the rhythm of tides and temperature gauges, and discovering that slowing down is not losing time - it is gaining presence. Along the way, readers will meet: - Lockmasters who guard the waterway with quiet pride - Marina families who turn docks into community - Fellow boaters with stories that stretch across oceans - And Flare, the little boat dog who greets every harbor like home Woven through each chapter is the living history of the Erie Canal - the mule-drawn boats of the 1800s, the stone chambers carved by hand, the towns that flourished because water connected them to the world. But at its heart, this is not just a travel memoir. It is a love letter - to partnership, to family, to first dogs and future first mates, and to a waterway that continues to carry dreams two centuries after it was dug by hand. For boaters, dreamers, history lovers, and anyone longing for a slower, more intentional pace of life, Welcome Aboard is a reminder that the best journeys are not about speed - they are about who stands beside you when the lines are tied. Step aboard. The lock gates are opening.

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Author:   Renee Rivera a Membership
Publisher:   Independently Published
Imprint:   Independently Published
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.145kg
ISBN:  

9798250378963


Pages:   100
Publication Date:   03 March 2026
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately.

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