Karen Elhai

Canada Just keeps Getting Better

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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Marooned at the big chute

  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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Lots of Locks on the Trent Severn

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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Ridin’ the Rideau

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

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Big Cities, Big Locks

We spend time in Montreal and Ottawa, two fabulous cities that are a destination in and of themselves.  Between them we pass through a few really big locks and a couple of charming towns.  Click the Google Map button below to open the map  in a separate window.  There you can zoom in/out, and click

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O Canada!

We crossed into Canada from New York on July 3 and headed down the Richelieu River in the province of Quebec. Traversing the Chambly Locks and seeing the lovely towns along the way, we eventually turn into the large and busy St. Lawrence Seaway to get to Montreal for a weekend full of festivities. Click

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Of Locks and Lakes

We continue up the Hudson River to the Fork In The Loop at Waterford, where the Erie Canal begins.  The Erie is the most common Loop route, but we take the road less traveled and continue north on the Hudson along the Empire Trail and up the length of beautiful Lake Champlain.  The stops come

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Off the Coast And Up The river

We experience quite a variety of cruising as we head out into the ocean to get up the New Jersey Coast, pass by the Statue of Liberty in busy New York Harbor, and head up the Hudson River with its history and beautiful scenery.  Click the Google Map button below to open the map  in

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Bay to Bay

We continue north into the Upper Chesapeake Bay, cruising into waters that are new to us aboard See Level.  Roxy falls in AGAIN, dinner with my sister, and we start meeting lots of other Loopers as we all cross into the Delaware Bay. Click the Google Map button below to open the map  in a

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