Sackets Harbor, NY to Crysler Park, Ontario: 07/13/11 – 07/24/11

Frozen blueberries, frozen pasta sauce, and frozen tonic water.  That’s what we woke up to this morning.  A sure sign the refrigerator is about to blow up again. We’re in Crysler Park, Ontario having proceeded down, up, and down again on the St. Lawrence.  (“Down” is toward Gaspé and the ocean; “up” is toward Lake [Read More…]

SATURDAY JULY 23RD, 2011

Started the day with breakfast up town. Ross had pancakes with this groovy peace sign stamped in them.  Today we explored Mackinac Island, beginning with the fort. It was built by the British during the Revolutionary War and was originally at Mack…

Giving Vero Beach its due

Giving Vero its due (Continued…)

Summer 2011

7-23-11In April when we last posted to this blog, we were in Vero Beach, FL preparing to start our annual trip north to the Chesapeake Bay. Boy, have there been a lot of things going on since then. …

Trent-Severn Waterway

On Tuesday, July 5th, the long-awaited computer chip for our GPS chartplotter finally arrived, allowing us to move on and enter the Trent-Severn Waterway.This 240 mile long inland passage between Trenton and Port Severn, Ontario, provides a route for …

Summer 2011

7-23-11In April when we last posted to this blog, we were in Vero Beach, FL preparing to start our annual trip north to the Chesapeake Bay. Boy, have there been a lot of things going on since then. …

Trent-Severn Waterway

On Tuesday, July 5th, the long-awaited computer chip for our GPS chartplotter finally arrived, allowing us to move on and enter the Trent-Severn Waterway.This 240 mile long inland passage between Trenton and Port Severn, Ontario, provides a route for …

New York City to Palmyra, NY (July 8 – July 23)

Our cruise up the Hudson started out with the magnificent trip by Manhattan after our photo op with Moon Beam. The day was hazy, but the view was still amazing. Then the Palisades on the NJ side. Before we knew it, we had left the cities behind and wer…

July 23 – Norfolk, VA

Day 127 – PortsmouthWaterside MarinaThis morning we took the water taxi across the Elizabeth River to Portsmouth. We took our bikes so we could ride around town and see the sites. We checked out the Lightship. Lightships were floating lighthouses. They…

Beaufort, NC – 7/23/11

As we left Morehead City for Beaufort just a mile away, we passed this dredging operation at the mouth of the creek. Our slip assignment was a port turn between these two big boys and against the bulkhead, stern in to port slip which was challenging du…