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.























Sunday, July 3, 2011

Anchored at Seaweed Island

We steamed along all day yesterday. We transited 12 locks to reach our anchorage at Seaweed island (N44 29.015' and W078 22.656')on Buckhorn lake. We have stayed here on previous trips, it is peaceful and quiet. There were quite a few cottagers setting off fireworks all around the lake last night, it was quite a show. Lots of people fishing but I have yet to see anyone catch more than a sardine size fish.

The scenery is changing as we go further North. The shore is much rockier and there are more and more evergreens. The water is 74 degrees and clean.  After a hot day in the locks, it sure is refreshing to dive in for a swim.

We are off to Rosedale today if the locks are not too busy.  There definitely is more traffic since the kids are out of school and the weather is perfect for boating.

Stoney Lake

Buckhorn

Buckhorn Lake...pink sky at night...Yippee!!!






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