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.























Friday, July 22, 2011

Relaxing in Covered Portage Cove

We did not leave this little haven yesterday. The weather called for strong winds so we stayed put and busied ourselves with boat chores. We spent a lot of time in the water scrubbing the waterline clean and cooling off on such a hot day.
We dinghyed ashore to explore the other side of the cove. There are miles of ski doo trails that branch off in all direction through thick woods and quartz rocky cliffs.  We saw a deer but we did not have our camera with us. We were out walking for 2 hours and still were not able to cover all the trails. The terrain is quite steep so we got lots of exercise.
We dinghyed around and chatted with some of the boaters and had an all around pleasant day.
Today we are touring the North Channel. We are going for a 19 mile steam to Baie Fine and will anchor at The Pool for the night.  This place also has walking trails that we will explore.

Doing boat chores

Exploring the trails at Covered Portage Cove

White quartz cliffs
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  1. NinichickJuly 23, 2011 at 8:22 AM

    This looks like a very quiet and isolated area. Lovely!

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