Day 351Blind River, Ontario, Canada Thursday, August 11, 2011 Whalesback rock in Whalesback Channel Blind River Marina with Dream Catcher on the far rightLibrary in English, Bibliotheque in FrenchThe winds were calm for most of the run …
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Georgian Bay and the North Channel
On Tuesday, July 19th, we entered Georgian Bay, located in the northeast corner of Lake Huron and such a large body of water that it’s sometimes referred to as the sixth Great Lake. We had heard such wonderful things about this leg of the Great Loop…
Dream Catcher’s Great Loop 2011-08-17 12:11:00
Days 349 – 350Spanish Municipal Marina, Ontario, Canada Tuesday, August 9 – Wednesday, August 10, 2011Entrance to the observation tower Seamoore, Jeremiah, and Dream Catcher on the far dock View east from the observation towerFuel d…
Bell Cove on Great La Cloche Island 8-15-11
Today we decided to explore a number of islands as we head east on our way to the Town of Little Current tomorrow. Bob is a great planner and had printed lots of GLCC Harbor Reports so we might as well use them. We also use The Ports Gui…
South Benjamin Island 8-14-11
Every boater needs a perfect boating day to sustain them through the other season. Today was that day for me. It is probably more special as it occurred through happenstance and some perseverance which always sweetens the …
Eagle Island 8-11-11
After the usual P’s and E’s (provisioning, pump-outs; exercise, emails) in Spanish, we headed to Eagle Island, 10 miles to the SE. The wind usually kicks-up whitecap waves at 15 knots, but we have another sign—M…
Laurier Island 8-9-11
We have finally loaded in all our GPS ports and anchorage waypoints into the “Looper Locator” top section of this blog so you can get a Google Earth view of where we have been so far this summer. You’ll notice that we’ve been all over the Nor…
To the end of the Erie and Beyond
Tony M in Clyde
After Newark we continued on the Erie Canal until we came to the tiny town of Clyde. with a 2,300 person population. They too offer weary boaters a free dock with power and water so, of course, we took them up on it. Wh…
August 14, 2011 – Double Bayou
This was the first TMCA boat trip for my sister Patty and her boyfriend Frank. It began with Frank running aground on the approach and clogging up and burning out his AC pump. Try an August trip to Double bayou without air conditioning! Fortunately we …
Knoxville, TN–Our Northernmost 2011 Cruising Destination
Before departing for Knoxville, we rented a car and rushed to Columbus, Ohio. Daughter, Colleen, who has had ongoing complications from a c-section in May required another emergency surgery at the Ohio State University Medical Center. This w…
