SEPTEMBER 17
Gretchen was up early and eager for the adventure of squeezing Sea Dream through the Corinth Canal, which is 4 miles long and 70 feet wide and connects the Gulf of Corinth with the Sarconic Gulf. The canal was initially proposed in classical times and there was a failed effort to build it in the 1st century AD. It was eventually completed in 1893. A tugboat guided us, the water was powdery blue, trees grew from the steep stone walls of the canal.
