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 15, 2011

Leaving Canada

We had a nice relaxing day yesterday.  The weather was bright but cool, the perfect day for bike riding.  We went to the Canadian lock and followed the well maintained trails. We have enjoyed our stay in SSMarie and will be crossing to the US this morning. Hopefully it will not take long to get Virgin Mobile up and running in the US.
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  1. Susan HowardAugust 15, 2011 at 11:15 PM

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  2. Susan HowardAugust 15, 2011 at 11:20 PM

    Everyone is enjoying your blog.I was talking to Peggy the other day and she was telling me she can't seem to post comments on this site it won't let her. Pat Barrett said he was jealous it looks like something he would have loved to do. Just to let you know we are all enjoying the blog but just frustrated with the fact that we can't comment on all the wonderful stuff.

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