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.























Saturday, March 17, 2012

Hontoon State Park

Happy St. Patrick's day from Hontoon State Park on the St. Johns River.

Blue Grass band at Hontoon State Park
We had a wonderful time snorkeling at Blue Springs Park yesterday.  The deep hole is quite intimidating but the water is pushing you out not sucking you down.  the current is quite strong so swimming to the spring was challenging but it was a nice ride back to the beginning of the stream.  We saw lots of nice fish but no Manatees.  The river is where they are right now.
This morning the St. Johns River volunteers were canoeing around picking up garbage. One couple came over to collect ours.  Imagine, an anchorage with garbage pick up.
They had lunch ready for us
We are now at Hontoon State Park where the annual members are having a rendez-vous.  There is blue grass music and a $5.00 hamburger lunch.  Lots of folks to socialize with so good timing on our part.
We went for a walk on the 2 mile nature trail. It is quite hot so it felt like a long walk.

We are staying overnight so more on Hontoon tomorrow.


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Nature trail in Hontoon
Nature trail in Hontoon
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Location: Hontoon Island State Park, Eustis, FL 32736, USA

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