Farmers MarketBurlington Mooring FieldWe woke up to a beautiful day…the front moved in last night and the temperature was 58 degrees this morning. Burlington is hosting the USA Triathlon this weekend, which is a national championship…
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Aug. 17 – Burlington, VT
Monk FriendsBurlington Mooring FieldWe left our anchorage around 7:15 this morning, we wanted to get across the lake before the winds picked up and the weather turned bad. The forecast called for 1-2 seas…it was more like 3-4. On Lak…
Aug. 16 – Valcour Island, NY
Beautiful DayBluff Point North – AnchorageIt was a beautiful day and we spent it relaxing, sight seeing in the dinghy and swimming. This has been the prettiest day we’ve had in over a week…the perfect day to enjoy our wonderful anchorage. We had …
Aug. 15 – Valcour Island, NY
Sunny Day…Well MostlyBluff Point North – AnchorageWe woke up to another dreary day…no reason to get in a hurry to move on. Around ten we decided we would move over to Valcour Island, a popular anchorage that gets very crowed on weekends. Valcour …
Aug. 14 – Grand Isle, VT
Still Catching UpNichols Point – AnchorageWe had a short cruise this morning to an anchorage in Vermont. We spent the day on the boat catching up on paper work, emails and a few boat chores. The day was mostly overcast…so it was a …
Aug. 13 – Rouses Point, NY
Back to the StatesGaines’ MarinaWe returned to New York around 10:30 this morning and stopped at the Custom & Border Protection pier to clear customs. No issues and we were on our to the marina in Rouses Point in about 15 minutes. We had a nice Ame…
Aug. 12 – St. Jean, QC
A Day to RelaxChambly Lock 9 WallWe wake up to hot air balloons over our boat this morning…what a pretty sight. The International Balloon Festival of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu is a weeklong event with 125 hot air balloons taking part …
Aug. 11 – St. Jean, QC
Marathon Lock DayChambly Lock 9 WallOur plan today was to stop at the top of lock 3 on the Chambly Canal in the cute village of Chambly. We got an early start so we’d have all afternoon to explore the town and near by fort. When we arrived at the first…
Aug. 10 – St. Ours, QC
Dreary Travel DaySt. Ours Lock WallToday was a cloudy, cool and dreary day, but luckily we didn’t get any rain until later in the evening. Our travels took us further down the St. Lawrence River to Sorel…this is as far north as our journey will tak…
Aug. 9 – Montreal, QC
Old MontrealYacht Club MontrealWe spent the day exploring Old Montreal. Old Montreal is a part of downtown Montreal that has been preserved in much of its original state, with the oldest buildings dating back to the 1600’s. This historic neighborhood i…
