Waterfalls and HillsCity DockWe only moved a few miles south in the lake today and then up the Otter Creek to Vergennes. Vergennes is Vermont’s oldest and smallest city, established in 1788. The city is named after Comte de Vergennes who s…
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Aug. 21 – Kingsland Bay State Park, VT
Perfect DayKingsland Bay MooringAnother perfect day…I took advantage of the cooler weather this morning and baked brownies, it’s hard to use our oven when the weather is warm. While the brownies where baking I spend a little time clean house. The r…
Aug. 20 – Kingsland Bay State Park, VT
Beautiful LakeKingsland Bay MooringLake Champlain is just beautiful. The pictures I take just don’t show how incredible it is to look out and see the layers of mountains that surround it. We are now in a narrower part of the lake and the New York shore…
Aug. 19 – Burlington, VT
BikingBurlington Mooring FieldAnother great day in Burlington…wonderful temperature, plenty of sunshine and a great view of the lake. We had another lazy morning on the boat while we waited for the second day of the USA Triathlon to …
Aug. 18 – Burlington, VT
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…
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…
