AM showers, cloudy, PM sun L61/H85
Dep. Little Falls09:20 Arr. Illion 11:00
Dist. 9.1sm / 429.1sm
Another easy lazy day, thank you. Illion is the home of Remington Arms, the oldest gun manfacturer in the country, and we wanted to see their museum. Of all the villages we have stopped along the Mohawk R. Illion seems the most prosperous, no doubt due to Remington. Their factory is huge, and unlike most factories we've seen, their employee parking lot was full. Good sign. Interestingly, the dockmaster at Little Falls told me her house was accessed for $80K and her taxes, state, city, school, & county come to $3600 per year. "That's why everybody is leaving NY."
We spent the night at the Illion Marina & RV Park. Friendly dockmaster, a few RVs water, elec., showers, wifi, etc. all for $1 per foot.
Nav wise the only issue we ran into was a green bouy very close to the north shore. Fortunately the lockmaster warned us of this as it appeared to be way off station since the daymark was very close to the south shore. It was shoaled in on the s. shore.
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| Ever present work boats |
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| The Town seemed prosperous. |
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| Remington Arms |
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| One of many displays |
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