Two lakes down and two to go! We left Put in Bay at 7 a.m. this morning with calm seas, but threats of thunderstorms, which we hoped would pass to our south—and they did! Yesterday in Put-in-Bay we played tourists for part of the day with a winery tour, combined with a cave tour. The […]
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Biking in Burlington Vermont up to Montreal
Dutch Connection hits again! We have biked in Austria, Holland, Cape Cod, Vermont mountains, Georgetown and Hilton Head with the Dutch Connection over the years. Pat and Ernie Myers are former “Flint-ites”, who fled to Hilton Head to avoid the winter m…
Western Lake Erie Islands and Put In Bay
Alan loved his burgee exchange at the Lakeside Yacht Club in Cleveland, and we made many friends while there—even some who are planning to do the Great Loop. This morning we checked the wave buoys, weather predictions and left about 6:30 a.m. as a freighter was also leaving and one entering the Cleveland harbor. But […]
Big Sound Marina
.Next stop was Crawdad’s destination for one month – Big Sound Marina in Parry Sound on the East Coast of Georgian Bay. We were off to visit elderly parents and a 10 day bike trip to Burlington, VT and Montreal. You’ll see more on that later.A dra…
Dodging Storms on Lake Erie and Cleveland, Ohio
This morning we left Geneva State Park Marina after a lovely dinner at a winery/B and B last night overlooking the lake. The gardens were spectacular and several weddings were in progress as we walked through the State Park Lodge to the winery. Winds slowly subsided, but the breakers on the beach were scary. The […]
Geneva State Park
Sign says,”No Fish No Pay” With that many rods how could you NOT catch any fish. Long ago we learned that the best time to travel is often in the pre-dawn hours. We awoke at 3:30 a.m. to check out our weather information. A huge storm materialized to our west and was gaining in strength. By 4:30 […]
July 2012 Alexandria Bay – Boldt Castle – Picton Island, NY
The 1000 Islands has always been a location noted for its beauty and vast resources. Long before Europeans settled the area, the Iroquois and Algonquin Indians spent their summers fishing and hunting here.
Lore has it that Manitou said to the Ind…
Erie, Pennsylvania
Each time we leave a harbor we wonder what the next will be like and how the trip there will be. Today was beautiful—no fog as predicted, light winds to keep us cool, and when we arrived at Erie, Pennsylvania, the Bay Harbor Marina we’d chosen is beautiful. They put us on the “bragging” dock […]
#46 July 2012 Oswego – Sodus Bay – Sackets Harbor, NY – Clayton, NY – Dark Island, NY – Alexandria Bay, NY
Sodus Bay Light
After a wonderful week of spending time with Doris, Bill’s sister, in her home in Williamson, NY, we took (some) of his family out our last evening there for a Sodus Bay sunset cruis…
Dunkirk, NY–Good Ole USA
We are delighted to be back in the USA again and are now docked at Dunkirk, New York on the south shore of Lake Erie. Clouds are building and it is supposed to rain tomorrow–greatly needed as all the lawns are brown from lack of rain. Dunkirk is a quaint town with a huge coal […]
