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 31, 2011

John Harbour

John Harbour is a well protected anchorage on the Whalesback Channel portion of the North Channel (N46 08.130' and W082 37.117'). It is real wilderness, no cottages just rock, trees and water. The RCMP boat was cruising around here yesterday and seemed quite interested in all the Americans from Michigan not sure why. One couple was out kayaking and fishing so they were not around to let them board both times that the RCMP went to their boat.  They finally gave up.
Jerry caught an other small bass yesterday to add to the larder, way to go Captain. The water is a little cooler here at 72 degrees, it was so hot that it makes for a refreshing swim.
We gathered wood and had a lovely campfire with our Michigan neighbours, it is always nice to have some company. We had a noisy thunderstorm and downpour overnight but we are safe in this little harbour so we watched and enjoyed it.
Today is a lazy day in the Harbour, we will stay put and do what ever we want. I will be reading and I imagine Jerry will be off fishing for that elusive pickerel.
Tied stern to shore at John Harbour

Just a little fellow

Campfire on the rocks at John Harbour

Sunset at John Harbour
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  1. NinichickJuly 31, 2011 at 11:46 AM

    I just figured out where you are.....had to go find maps of Lake Huron to do it. You are fast approaching Lake Michigan. Hope the weather stays good for you.

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