It was refreshing to discover that it had cooled of slightly overnight when we awoke early Sunday morning. We wanted to get an early start as it is always crazy to travel/boat on the weekends. Of course this is prime vacation time as well so we kne…
#21 Family Time!
Oh, how fun it is to have family time, yes even more than usual. Amazing how being apart for a few weeks changes things. Maybe the absence makes us appreciate more the time we are together. Maybe it’s a different environment. Fo…
Peterborough to Lakefield
The day was gorgeous but hot as we left Peterborough. We are really excited about our travels today because we will have the first of two Lift Locks on the Trent-Severn Waterway. This will be Peterborough Lift Lock and will be our second lock in a…
From VA to NY: Time Flying
It is hard to believe we are already in Central New York State and we’ve been here for awhile… more than a month ahead of last year’s trip!! In early June, we left Sojourner in Chesapeake VA at the Atlantic Yacht Basin while we took a brief car trip to Lexington KY. Overnight stops in […]
Peterborough Lift Lock
I am going to jump out of sequence for just a minute and tell you about our second lock of the day. It was the Peterborough Lift Lock that is Lock 21 on the Trent-Severn Waterway. It is the first of three super exciting and different locks that we…
The North Channel Part Two: 2010
Oak Bay to Little Current: After spending several days in our protected cove at Oak Bay, we are ready to continue our trip east. The winds have calmed down and we have a beautiful passage through the Whalesback Channel. From there we connect to the Wabuno Channel and are soon safely secure at the town […]
The Society Islands
After the PuddleJump party, we stayed in Mo’orea for a few more days. We swam with sting rays and black-tip reef sharks and enjoyed a tour of a juice factory. We sampled all of their drinks and even bought a few bottles of vanilla and pineapple lique…
Gibraltar to Denia
5th July 2010 Gibraltar to Puerto Banus
Happy Birthday Ian! Oh joy, oh joy, warm sunshine and calm seas at last! After birthday greetings and gifts were delivered we slipped out of Gibraltar, at a tardy 13:20, in festive mood; heading in th…
Peterborough Ontario
We had a delightful dinner with Ron and Sally Thursday evening and then Summer Star headed out early Friday morning. We decided to stay another day in Peterborough to rest and regroup before taking on the next series of T-S Waterway locks. The marina…
Bastille Day and Birthday Parties
The boating people are really a little floating community. They just travel from one island to the next, just socializing in a different setting all the time. So Bastille Day is a big thing here in French Polynesia, and the boat people are all excited …
