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, September 4, 2011

Juliet Cooled

It was really hot again yesterday but the temperature cooled down after heavy rain and thunder showers. It is a cool 72 degrees today and what a relief it is.
We are anchored at Dresden Island Lock waiting for the barges to lock through.  It looks like we will be here for several hours.
We are trying to get to Ottawa Illinois but we will see how far we get since we have one more lock after this one.
We are seeing some Egrets and lots of duck blinds.  It appears Canada Goose season is open judging by the decoys we see at the blinds.  The scenery is less industrial now and more houses and marinas.  There are 5 go fast boats waiting to lock through as well as an other looper.
We may be here for the night
Waiting at Dresden Island Lock
Duck blind on the Illinois river
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