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.























Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Waiting out the wind

We are having a nice time waiting out the weather.  It was overcast and windy again today so we got on our bikes and went for a 20 Km ride to Lake Michigan and back.  The waves don't look as bad when you are standing on solid ground. We walked on the beach, watched the Para surfers fly around. It is hot and muggy and luckily the sun did not come out until we were back at the boat or it would have been too hot.
We went to the farmer's market as well and we bought some fresh produce.  The corn is not as good as the Prince Edward County corn but the blueberries are nice and fat and juicy.  The peaches are unbelievably good.  We find the price of food and marinas quite reasonable in Michigan.
The little towns are clean with flowers everywhere and the people are most helpful. Not a bad place to wait out the storm.
It looks like we will be here tomorrow as well. We are glad we started to tackle lake Michigan early.
Nasty Lake Michigan...beautiful sand

No not time to leave
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