June 12 - Brockport, NY

Brockport Town Dock

“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.” ―Rumi

We've been having beautiful days and probably should be traveling more each day...but we really have nowhere in particular to go and we're having fun relaxing and exploring these wonderful little towns. Stan went back to Cafe Macchiato for breakfast and brought me back a huge cinnamon roll. What's not to like about spending the morning having coffee and a cinnamon roll on the flybridge...with a great view.

We only had six bridges today, but we only traveled eight miles. We left late and arrived in Brockport just in time for lunch. We spent the afternoon wandering through little shops, exploring this cute canal town and visiting with people who wandered by on the path. 

Brockport calls itself "The Victorian Village on the Erie Canal." It recently remodeled the village portion of the Erie canal, providing a bricked walkway, a brand new canal visitor's center and several pieces of art. The village was founded around 1820 and grew to importance as a port on the Erie Canal, and the village was briefly the canal's terminus until the canal's western end was complete.

Brockport Visitors Center and our view for the day

Looking north on Main Street, towards the Erie Canal and the Main Street Lift Bridge.

Looking south on Main Street

The Decker Block building built in 1877 by J.D. Decker. Now home to a cute little boutique called Bittersweet.

Morgan-Manning House built in 1915. Now the headquarters of the Monroe Historical Society. 

One of Brockport's fire stations and their 911 memorial