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.























Thursday, September 22, 2011

Relaxing at Green Turtle Bay

What a nice place this is! We are enjoying the indoor heated pool and the sauna.  There is an aqua aerobics class today that I might attend. We are riding our bikes around this large resort on paved roads with no traffic. 
We had happy hours with 4 looper couples and enjoyed the interesting stories they have to tell.  The Australian couple and now a couple who live in Panama and come from South Africa have really adventurous and entertaining stories to recount. There are quite a few different accents at our gatherings.
Today we will ride into the neighbouring town to explore the little century gift shops and antique stores. We may go out to dinner at the Yacht club with our fellow loopers.
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