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.























Monday, August 1, 2011

John Harbour

We spent a relaxing day at John Harbour yesterday.  It was over 30 degrees and hotter with the humidex so the perfect day for swimming and walking in the shade. Jerry fished all day but did not catch anything.  I went in search of blueberries but the season must be winding down.  We had a couple from Quebec join us at our campfire and they say that the opposite shore is where the best pickings are. We still have some from the last anchorage and we find them small and a little tart.
A bald eagle was perched near the boat for several hours yesterday and today there are two loons swimming around. An other couple sighted a bear on the shoreline here but we did not see it.
Today we are moving to Turnbull Island which is 10 miles from here.  We are gradually heading towards Blind River.
Calm water at John Harbour

Campfire at John Harbour
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  1. NinichickAugust 4, 2011 at 12:28 PM

    Perhaps you should be picking blueberries in NL....we have big and sweet ones.....lol

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