Today is Wednesday, August 8th and we've been on Mackinac Island since Monday afternoon. We left DeTour early on Monday morning and unfortunately we had the worst water crossing we've had since we began cruising. We had considered turning a…
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Year 2 Day 131
Today is Sunday, August 5th and we're happy to be back in the good old USA! We spent 2 days in Blind River, Ontario due to the weather (high winds) and we're stuck here in DeTour, Michigan for the same reason. Blind River was a depressing, …
Year 2 Day 127
Today is Wednesday, August lst and we're in Blind River, Ontario. We left Killarney on Monday and cruised to Little Current where we enjoyed dinner on board with our friends, Carl and Ricky on their boat Quest. We left Tuesday morning and the c…
Year 2 Day 125
Today is Monday, August 30th and we're in Killarney, Ontario getting ready to leave heading into the North Channel. We spent last night here at the Sportsman's Inn and the water is so blue it's almost like the Carribbean. Prior to arriv…
Year 2, Day 122
Today is Friday, July 27th and we are at Wright's Marina in Britt, Ontario. I haven't added to the blog for 8 days due to the fact that the air card we have with Sprint is maxed out on the megabites they sold us and they won't sell us any…
Year 2 Day 114 – Big Chute to Midland, Ontario
Well, we did it – We went up and over the Big Chute:Kathy on the bow as we go up and over!About to reenter the wateron the other sideWe saw more spectacular sights on our last leg of the Trent-Severn including a male and female swan with 5 babies. I …
Year 2 Day 113 – Orillia to Big Chute
Today is Wednesday, July 18th and we left Orillia this morning about 8:30 and arrived here at the Big Chute parked along the wall. The cruising today was spectacular! People are telling us that the best is yet to come when we reach the Georgian Bay…
Year 2 Day 112
Today is Tuesday, July 17th and we're at Orillia, Ontario having arrived here on Sunday afternoon. At this marina if you stay 2 nights, the 3rd is free so we're planning to leave in the morning heading for what they call the "Big Chute&q…
Year 2 Day 106
Today is Wednesday, July 11th and we're currently at Bobcaygeon having arrived here about noon. We've found the Canadians to be so courteous and friendly up until today. I have to say that the marinas on the Trent-Severn are rather small us…
Year 2 Day 103
Today is Sunday, July 8th and we are at Peterborough, Ontario. Tomorrow we go through the Peterborough Lift Lock which has me a little intimidated. This lock was completed in 1904 and was considered an engineering marvel at that time. There are t…
