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Year 2 Day 101

Today is Friday, July 6th and we're currently stopped along the free wall in Hastings, Ontario.  We spent two days at Fraser Park Marina in order to rest after the long crossing of  Lake Ontario.  We rode our bikes about 1 1/2 miles to Lock #1 t…

Shh… it’s a Secret

We're at our friend Al's secret spot. We got here yesterday around mid day and were expecting him around five. Around 4:30 the boat to the right in the picture came in and anchored next to us. They'd heard about this place from someone at t…

Toronto

Today we ran 7 hours to Toronto from Cobourg where we are now parked along a dock next to the Marina Front Park where the symphony plays on Sunday night. We’d read about how terrible Lake Ontario can be, but we left at 5:45 a.m. along with a myriad of fishermen and the waters were […]

Savannah to Brunwick, GA in pictures

Daughter Megan and I took over 300 photos on the 90 statute mile trip from Isle of Hope Marina in Savannah to Brunswick Landing Marina in Brunswick.   I decided that rather than posting dozens of photos here, I’d make a slide show using Micro…

Clayton, NY – 7/5/12

This morning we all slept in a little and then had a great breakfast prepared by the first mate while discussing what we would get into today.  The ladies decided to walk the few blocks into town and explore the shops while I went to the Antique B…

Fiona Margaret

Fiona Margaret (Continued…)

Heriot Bay Ridge Trail

This morning we had a humpback whale swimming around the bay. We heard a something that sounded like a freight train. When we looked out we was that it was a whale swimming around. That was an exciting way to begin the day. After that we paddled ov…

Northern Florida

North of St. Augustine there is a favorite anchorage in the salt marsh called Pine Island.  I’ve always wanted to stay there and explore with my kayak – it’s a great birding area.  So this time, we spent a day and I had a ball (despite temper…

Back in the Saddle Again

Welcome back.  We are cruising again.On Wednesday, June 27, 2012 Diana, Kodi and the writer (Lester) departed our home in Chicago and drove 900 miles to Branford, Connecticut in our one-way Enterprise rental.  Owing to goo…

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Oh my goodness.  Since we have Internet service tonight,we have a lot of catching up to do.  On Sunday, the 1st, Canada Day, Mike and Linda, and Ed and Kyle came to our boat to visit and watch the Canada Day fireworks.  The fireworks wer…