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, August 14, 2011

Last Day in Canada

We are making our last minute preparations to cross over to the US tomorrow.  This concludes the Canadian part of the Great Loop. We will be back in June when we cross at Oswego or lake Champlain depending on the route we decide to take nest spring.
It rained a light drizzle all day yesterday so we went to the Casino to make our $20.00 donation each.  That took up a good half hour.  I always say never again.
Today it is sunny and 21 degrees so we should be able to explore more of the bicycle trails.
We may be without internet access for a day or so as we get our US provider set up. We will be at George Kemp Marina so they should have internet but just in case you don't hear from us, do not call the coast guard.
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