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After going through the first seven locks on the Erie Canal, we decided to call it a day so we eased over to the wall at Lock 8.  Many of the locks have free walls to tie up to, some with power, some with just beautiful scenery.  Lock 8 was s…

We left Stratford May 31, 2011, almost a year after our  Great Loop departure, for an exploration of the Erie Canal from end to end, 342 miles.  We will be following the turn of the century Erie Canal that follows natural rivers and lakes.&nb…

From Baltimore we went to Rock Hall, a free dock to transients.  The weather was  threatening so we stayed in Rock Hall for a couple of days.  We wheeled our laundry a mile into town, bought some groceries and were set for the final leg …

Baltimore IconWe tied up to the Baltimore Harbor Municipal docks in the Inner Harbor, right in the thick of a very happening city.  Thousands of people, young, old and the very young in strollers paraded by us for the three days we were there.&nbs…

West Point from the waterTypical Annapolis homeWe hemmed and we hawed whether to go to Annapolis as we’ve been there a couple of time to attend the Boat Shows and finally realized it’s difficult  to visit the Chesapeake and not go there.  We …

Tangier Island’s uniqueness is going to be hard to beat but we’ll try.  We ventured up the Potomac River to St. Mary’s River where we anchored in Horseshoe Bend across from St. Mary’s College.  What a perfect anchorage-beautiful scenery, soli…

A fellow Looper had told us about this unique island called  Tangier Island so we knew we had to stop there.  We left Deltaville knowing the ride would be rough and we were not disappointed.  It was one of those rides where anything not …