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, January 9, 2012

Wasting away at Bonita Bill's

Our company is gone, the holiday season is behind us so back to boat chores and bike riding around town.
I found a $1.99 breakfast at a Greek restaurant at the beach so we went to investigate.  It is a slight improvement over a MacDonald's breakfast but the ambiance is better. Nothing beats my own home cooked breakfast. Jerry headed back to the boat to continue his paint job.  It is taking a long time because the roof is wet from dew until early afternoon.
I headed to a women's club, a mere 10 mile bike ride, for their annual flea market. I purchased a few books and a couple of shirts and shorts for .50 cents a piece.  Love those prices.
It was a pleasant ride back along the beach. Nice hard packed sand makes for an easy ride and it is a little cooler than on the busy, congested street.
Our dock neighbours from St. Louis, Barry and Linda, invited us for a sail yesterday and a Bar-B-Que lunch at Sanibel Island.  It was a perfect day with light winds and plenty of sunshine. They are great company so it was a very nice way to spend the day.  They are getting the boat ready to head to the Dry Tortugas south of Key West.
We have decided to stay here at least until the end of January before making our way East and then North. It is too early to get moving and we are enjoying the camaraderie here.  I will be blogging less frequently so I don't bore anyone with provisioning, eating and drinking accounts.

A new type of craft

life is a beach
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