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.























Saturday, August 13, 2011

Bondar Marina

We are still at the marina in SSMarie.  The stores are a little distance from the marina so we are getting our share of exercise getting our provisions.  It is all uphill but coming back fully loaded is an easy ride.
Our dock neighbours graciously invited us for dinner last night.  They must know we are craving company after anchoring out for a month.  It was a very pleasant evening aboard their 51 foot Navigator,very nice boat.
Today it is raining so I slept in and went to the farmers market. A lot of preserves and jams and jewellery as well as fresh produce for sale.  I was looking for local corn but it will be another 2 weeks yet.
It is supposed to rain most of the day so we may try our luck at the casino.
I will let you all know tomorrow if I am rich or poorer.
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