Muriel June Rides the Wall up Vieux Montreal (Old Montreal) was wonderful with lots of events going on: Quebec Day, parades, art galleries, and Cirque du Soleil on the dock. Our very own circus on the dock! What magnificent performers! We visited the Notre Dame Cathedral, the Governor’s mansion and best of all had fantastic […]
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St. Lawrence Seaway
Montreal for the Weekend
Ten hours of cruising landed us at a beautiful dock called Vieux (old) Port of Montreal with an old bell clock tower at the entrance. Montreal used to be the final destination for ships going up the St. Lawrence River until 1959 when the locks were completed for big ships and boats to go all […]
Oh Canada on the Chambly Canal
Today we traveled the 10 miles (four hours) on the Chambly canal with 5 jet skiers who were doing the small loop from Quebec and Montreal to Oswego, the Erie Canal, the Champlain Canal and up Lake Champlain and the Chambly canal back to Quebec. They camped along the way. The Muriel June and the […]
Farewell to Burlington and Leaving the USA
Monday, cousin Helen and Barry Robinson flew back from the Hill-Murphy reunion with us in Estes Park, Colorado. Our last day in Vermont included shopping, hosting dignitaries, and getting the Muriel June ready for her next 6 months of travel. We shopped at the Burlington City Market where the manager offered us a shopping cart […]
Appletree Pt Bay on Memorial Day
For the next two weeks we will be cruising Lake Champlain checking out systems, working the anchor in different places and testing all possible systems for any failures. Today at Appletree Pt Bay, we brought the dinghy down and tested its engine. Chris Gillman did some wheelies with it around the bay. Engine works! Eric […]
On Our Way in Burlington Marina
We have had quite a month getting Muriel June ready for the last leg of the Great Loop. Alan left on April 20th to head to Burlington, VT where our nieces and spouses live and the Muriel June wintered at the Shelburne Shipyard. Up on jack stands, her bottom was painted and polished, the Caterpillar […]
Kentucky Derby and Muriel June
Hi all. It has been a long time since my last posting in the fall. Alan has been in Burlington for the past month beginning to get the Muriel June ready for her May 20th launching into Lake Champlain. But, for Alan’s birthday we took the weekend off and headed to Louisville to the 138th […]
Shelburne Shipyard, Muriel June’s Winter Home
Muriel June in her winter resting place after two days of being “winterized” The tent will be constructed in November. Muriel June is lifted out of Lake Champlain on her way to her winter resting place. Shelburne Shipyard is the oldest continuously run shipyard in the country established in 1810. Because Lake Champlain played such an […]
The Burlington Reunion and Good-byes
Champaign reunion toast aboard the Muriel June Muriel June packs up her belongings for a winter in Vermont Plastic tubs are piled high on the aft deck of the Muriel June as we remove two years of work, maps, and materials. Some will be stored in the Gillman basement, while other materials will be shipped […]
Burlington, We Have Arrived! The Reunion!
Just imagine a brilliant blue sky day, with low humidity about 75 degrees and mirror calm water. That was our ride up the Lake Champlain today. We passed two trawlers and 8 sailboats with their masts stepped for the canal heading south. We, alone, headed north, from a foggy harbor this morning about 4 hours […]
