Muriel June with a group of Grand Banks from Michigan, Wisconsin and Indiana Killarney, Ontario—not Ireland and above the 46th parallel Every morning we check all the weather indicators we have: Weatherbug, NOAA, Wunderground, IKITESURF.com etc. This morning even through we’d had only one lovely day in Tobermory, we decided to cruise across Georgian Bay […]
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Killarney on Georgian Bay
Tobermory and Georgian Bay
Six hours of cruising over total glass waters and we entered the pristine Tobermory Harbor along with several other Grand Banks who had just come from a rendezvous in Parry Sound. So, it is another rendezvous for us here with fellow Grand Banks owners and lots of other boats. Tobermory is the entrance to […]
Port Elgin Harbor
This is our last Canadian port on the major part of Lake Huron before we get into Georgian Bay. The weather is predicted to be glorious as we cruise the last 75 miles of crystal blue water tomorrow to Tobermory, the gateway to Georgian Bay. We passed many fishermen as we headed north today and […]
Goderich, Ontario, Canada
Grain elevator torn apart along with town by tornado July 2011 At 6 a.m. we were off the dock into the very swift St. Clair River as it runs under the Blue Bridge. We followed a barge pushing a dredge out of Port Huron and headed 35 degrees northeast to Goderich. Seas were between 1 […]
Port Huron
The Blue Water Bridge, gateway to Lake Huron, came into view about 1 p.m. today as we tied to the Ontario side of the St. Clair River in a town called Sarnia. After a 4:30 a.m. wake up, we left port at 6 a.m. to head across Lake St. Clair. Our weather –bug screen showed […]
Detroit River
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
