Having completed the Inland Rivers, we slow waaayyy down as we enter the Gulf of Mexico starting with a stint in the boatyard ‘on the hard.’ We then relish being back on the ICW as we cruise along Florida’s ‘Forgotten Coast’ of the Panhandle while keeping an eye on a weather window to make ‘the […]
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Started the Inland Rivers leg of The Great Loop from Chicago on Oct 4. Part 1: Illinois River to Alton IL… starboard engine problem limiting our speed. Part 2: Mississippi and Ohio River… record low water levels and bigger locks and tows, and started on the Tennessee River and took a side trip on the
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Part 1 recap: We traveled down the Illinois River, discovering along the way that our starboard engine had a problem and so were limited in how fast we could go. We left off in Alton, IL, right before joining the Mississippi River. In Part 2, we navigate the Loop segments of the Mississippi and Ohio
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The Inland Rivers segment of the The Great Loop starts with the Chicago Lock and driving the boat right through the heart of the city. It’s a whole new way of cruising and a rigorous schedule with travel almost every day. Cold temps chase us, but we get to enjoy the fall colors along the
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Back in the US, our last stop on Lake Huron is Mackinac Island. From there we proceed south down Lake Michigan, starting on the Michigan side and then crossing over to the Wisconsin side to Chicago, our final destination on Lake Michigan. Weather proves our biggest challenge, and we get visits from old friends friends
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We travel through Georgian Bay and the North Channel of Lake Huron, some of the THE best and most spectacular cruising we’ve done, eventually crossing back into the US on the western end of the lake. This was our first encounter with boating on the open water of a Great Lake, necessitating some new skills
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Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it. -Charles R. Swindoll The difference between adventure and adversity is attitude. –Janet Evanovich August 19-25, 2022 There are times with the cruising lifestyle when things happen beyond your control that stop you cold. Weather is probably
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We spend several weeks cruising down Canada’s Trent Severn Waterway in Ontario. Click the Google Map button below to open the map in a separate window. There you can zoom in/out, and click on the icons to see pictures and more info on the various places along our route. KDSeefari Google Map The Trent Severn
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The historic Rideau Canal, a part of the Loop to which we’ve really been looking forward, promising natural beauty with less populated areas and learning the history and culture of this part of Canada. The pace is slow, the distances short, and the stops are many as we travel almost every day. And the locks