Freeport to Norfolk via Florida

Captain’s Log May 24 to May 13, 2011
The Great Mango Run –
Freeport, Bahamas to Norfolk, Va.
May 26, Saturday: We left Nassau late in the afternoon for an overnight run to Freeport, our last stop before returning to the USA.  I for one was a…

Freeport to Norfolk via Florida

Captain’s Log May 24 to May 13, 2011
The Great Mango Run –
Freeport, Bahamas to Norfolk, Va.
May 26, Saturday: We left Nassau late in the afternoon for an overnight run to Freeport, our last stop before returning to the USA.  I for one was a…

Freeport to Norfolk via Florida

Captain’s Log May 24 to May 13, 2011
The Great Mango Run –
Freeport, Bahamas to Norfolk, Va.
May 26, Saturday: We left Nassau late in the afternoon for an overnight run to Freeport, our last stop before returning to the USA.  I for one was a…

Freeport to Norfolk via Florida

Captain’s Log May 24 to May 13, 2011
The Great Mango Run –
Freeport, Bahamas to Norfolk, Va.
May 26, Saturday: We left Nassau late in the afternoon for an overnight run to Freeport, our last stop before returning to the USA.  I for one was a…

Freeport to Norfolk via Florida

Captain’s Log May 24 to May 13, 2011
The Great Mango Run –
Freeport, Bahamas to Norfolk, Va.
May 26, Saturday: We left Nassau late in the afternoon for an overnight run to Freeport, our last stop before returning to the USA.  I for one was a…

SATURDAY JUNE 12, 2011

The lock at Burleigh Falls is still not open, so we are stuck here at Youngs Point. Things aren’t all bad though, a blues fest starts here today at 11. The Blues Fest is on the grounds of the General Store right next to the lock and canal. How conven…

Last Stop Before New Bern

A protected marina on the Intracoastal Waterway at MM 173 with year-round boating, floating docks, private steam showers, and transient dockage. We are at River Dunes Marina. What a place to relax before returning to New Bern. It has been quiet and restful. We cleaned the salt water off Pale Moon the first day we […]

FRIDAY JUNE 10TH, 2011

We left Peterborough with a plan to reach Burleigh Falls by the end of the day. That plan was cut short when we learned the hydro (power) still wasn’t back on at the lock in Burleigh Falls from the storm the other night. Our second lock of the day wa…

We took the short cut through the Murray Canal getting to

We took the short cut through the Murray Canal getting to Trenton…bridge toll was $5…paid to the guy at the first bridge…who had a long stick with a coffee can at the end. Kelli dunked it in…much to the pleasure of the small audience.

Lovely photos taken by the sleeping crew…she popped up,

Lovely photos taken by the sleeping crew…she popped up, took photos, and went right back to sleep. Can’t say that I blame her. Crossing Lake Ontario took us the better part of 7 hours. Then another 3 hours into Trenton.