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, May 7, 2012

Taking a break in Waterford

Tug with cat's whiskers at Waterford lock
We had a very pleasant day of rest in Waterford yesterday.  The weather was perfect for pedalling around town.  We had breakfast at Paul and Don's, a small and very busy restaurant while we did our laundry. A great breakfast for $3.00, makes no wonder there was a wait of 20 minutes to be seated.

This town boasts of being the first incorporated village in the US. There are large wooden historic houses and a nice bicycle trail that borders the Erie Barge Canal. We had to run around from store to store to get supplies but today we should be able to ride for pleasure. We are going back to Paul and Don's for breakfast and to check out the second hand store. Jerry has some boat maintenance to do so we will stay one more day.
The water rose 8 feet in town during hurricane Irene
We were invited for happy hour aboard R&B Haven last night and ended up staying for dinner. Rob and Bev are from Brockville and they are travelling with friends from Carleton Place.  It is a lot of fun sharing our boating travel experiences.  They had a nice crock pot full of pulled pork and we made rice to go along.  Impromptu pot luck dinners are the best.
Everyone has gone this morning, they are going towards lake Erie and we are going the other way around.


Historic home in Waterford

War Memorial in Waterford
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