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, March 12, 2012

Butchers Bend

Today is a beautiful day so we decided to stay in our peaceful anchorage for an extra night. We could hear grunting and other peculiar sounds last night. Other boaters tell us the grunting is from Manatees.  It must be because today we have seen three staying around and feeding on the shore line. There is also a large alligator cruising about this little bend in the river.
Lots of bird life as well so we will just stay put, get some painting done and carry on tomorrow.
He is bigger than I thought
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