North Star on the Great Loop Journey: Hontoon Island State Park

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, March 18, 2012

Hontoon Island State Park

Sally the birthday girl

What a nice evening we had. Our dock neighbours all 10 strong were having a feast and an extended happy hour, they kindly invited us to join them. Appetizers, a nice dinner, drinks and music with stimulating conversation, who can ask for anything more. Thanks folks!
I actually had a dip in the river without worrying about alligators. Some of the ladies did it and they are from these parts so it must be OK. It is quite refreshing at 76 degrees.
We are leaving some time today and we are not sure where we will stop.