点评:I was very pleased with the canal cruise. We actually rented a canal boat one time so have been on part of the canal and through some locks but the narrative on this trip along the way was very informative. And it is so much more relaxing to have someone else as captain!
The whole ticketing process was easy. We got our tickets online a week before our trip. When we arrived, we looked around the shop. There is a head on the ship, but we used the restrooms at the shop before boarding.
Outside, at the dock before boarding are a few chairs, benches and tables, some shaded. We waited there a few minutes before being called to board.
The ship had bench seats with life preservers stowed below. You can purchase snacks and drinks onboard, but we didn't so I can't comment on those.
There is a recorded narrative, but the captain did interrupt it at times to add more.
We passed by the Plantation Land Management island where we saw a bald eagle perched.
There were plenty of other birds along the way - a great blue and a little green heron, cormorants, mallards, Canadian geese, and a kingfisher.
Along the canal we saw some of the land side things including the Fort Herkimer Church. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. And followed along the bike path where we saw folks enjoying their day. There were a couple folks fishing in the canal too.
I highly recommend this trip. It is a great way to hear about NY history and the part the Erie Canal had in making NY the Empire State.
翻译:我对这次运河游非常满意。其实我们曾经租过一艘运河船,因此也沿着运河航行过一段路程,还穿过了几道船闸,不过这次行程中的讲解内容真是信息量十足。而且有专人来掌舵,真是轻松多了!
整个购票过程也很简单。我们在出行前一周就在网上买好了票。到达后,我们还逛了逛店里的商品。船上虽然有洗手间,但我们还是在登船前使用了店里的卫生间。
外面……在登船前的码头上有几把椅子、长凳和桌子,其中一些有遮阳处。我们在那里等了几分钟,随后才被叫去登船。
船上的座位为长凳式,救生衣则存放在下方。船上可以购买零食和饮料,但我们没有购买,所以无法对此作出评价。
船上播放着预先录制的讲解音频,不过船长不时会打断播放以补充更多信息。
我们经过了“种植园土地管理岛”,在那里我们看到一只秃鹰正停在枝头。一路上还看到了许多其他鸟类——一只大蓝鹭和一只小绿鹭、鸬鹚、绿头鸭、加拿大雁,还有一只翠鸟。
沿着运河我们还看到了一些陆地上的景致,其中包括赫基默堡教堂。该教堂被列入了美国国家历史名胜名录。我们沿着自行车道前行,看到许多人都在尽情享受这一天。还有几个人正在运河里钓鱼。
我极力推荐这次旅行。这是了解纽约历史以及伊利运河如何助力纽约成为“帝国之州”的绝佳方式。