Preparing for the trip

Captain Jerry has been making the final preparations to North Star, our 32 foot Cape Island down east trawler. We are anxious to leave our landlubber lives behind and begin our long awaited journey around the Great Circle. Join us as we travel 10, 000 kilometers: through the historic Trent Severn Waterway; the pristine waters of Georgian Bay; the North Channel of lake Huron; and hop from beach to beach on lake Michigan. We will visit Chicago and begin our trek along the rivers: Illinois; upper Mississippi; Ohio; Cumberland: Tennessee; Tenn-Tom Waterway and the Black Warrior. We will have transited through 68 locks at this juncture. We have chosen the inner route from Mobile Alabama to Tarpon Springs Florida and the shorter Ocheechobee Waterway to reach the East coast of Florida. We will skip over to the Bahamas to wait out the winter before heading North on the Atlantic Inter Coastal Waterway.
The 10 years of researching and planning are finally at an end and we invite you to come along on our adventure.























Thursday, June 30, 2011

Taking a break in Peterborough

Well we arrived in Peterborough under cloudy skies, cool weather and windy conditions.  We are at the public T dock on Little Lake.  They have free music in the park every Wednesday night so we attended the concert by the Peterborough ensemble.  They sang 60s and 70s music. The cement T dock is a perfect location from which to take in the Canada day festivities and watch the fireworks.  It is a little messy because of the ducks and geese even if they do clean it every evening.
Today it is sunny and warm so we are exploring the city by bicycle and taking full advantage of the many trails that circle Little lake ( N44 17.699' and W078 14.014') and run throughout the city.  Captain Jerry tried fishing but to no avail.  Jerry is trying to send me back by air as you can see by the slingshot chair.  Not sure what Jerry is sitting on as that piece of art is untitled.
We hear there will be music and international food sold in the park on Canada day, more on that in my next posting.


Could be a buoy

I will be catapulted back to Belleville if I harass the Captain

The T dock on Little Lake with a view of the fountain
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