North Star on the Great Loop Journey: Chesapeake City Maryland

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, April 29, 2012

Chesapeake City Maryland

Crab pots on the wharf in Rock Hall

We are at the Delaware border on the Chesapeake-Delaware Canal. We are tied up to a free town dock in Chesapeake City. We have concluded the Chesapeake Bay crossing. We are now waiting for the right weather to cross the Delaware Bay.
We went out for dinner last night at the Chesapeake Inn. There was a live bad and a lot of noise from the crowd. I had blackened sword fish and Jerry had Cod. Good meal but the noise was deafening. These free docks are getting expensive.

A pellet bar-b-que

There are nice little shops in large historic type homes near the dock so we will have a look at these today. We did go into an antique store yesterday before the rain started. There is also a marine museum within walking distance.
The temperature is cool, they had frost during the week. It was 40 degrees overnight so it was nice to be plugged in. Better weather is forecasted for this coming week.