North Star on the Great Loop Journey: Happy Hour at the Lanai

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, February 15, 2012

Happy Hour at the Lanai

How long is an hour again? We gathered for happy hour from 4:00 to 9:00 with the boat yard crowd and were serenaded by some fine musicians. We sang and feasted on home made guacamole compliments of Kay from Texas. Tonight I am making my nachos dip for the folks.
I put left over stew on the back deck last night because I am not able to do dishes in the sink since we are busy painting the bottom and the water running out would damage the paint job. I woke up at 5:00 to find raccoons eating tonight's dinner. I won't do that again.
Jerry finished the paint job today while Dotty took me shopping in La Belle. I would run out of provisions before we get to Moore Haven since our stay here has been extended.