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 28, 2011

Sunday in St.Joseph

Sunset in St.Joseph

They look smaller from shore

6-8 foot waves

No bull, the Captain is having fun

Fun in the waves

Pushing my ass around town
We spent a nice day biking and exploring St. Joseph but we are anxious to get across the lake to Chicago.  We went to watch the sunset last night at the North Pier.  Quite a few people were taking pictures of the high waves. They appeared to be 8-10 foot waves.
This morning we watched the wave runners having fun in the surf. We walked through town as well as the beach on the south side of the river. There are decorated farm animal sculptures all over the downtown that I found quite interesting.  They have a beautiful waterfront complete with a large merry go round. It was a perfect day. 
This marina even has free laundry which I am taking advantage of.  There are 6 loopers here but I am not sure if they are making the crossing tomorrow.  It looks promising so we will try it.
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  1. NinichickAugust 29, 2011 at 3:19 PM

    Beautiful sunset. And those waves really are high. I would imagine they could bounce a boat around quite a bit. Those are cute animals..great props for pics. Hope you make it across the lake tomorrow.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 14, 2011 at 4:59 PM

    Hi guys. I was twenty miles from you at that point.
    Shoulda read you blog more.

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