Karen Elhai

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 to open map in separate window Montreal, QC Canada July 8-10, 2022 We slipped out from Contrecoeur early and rejoined […]

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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 to open map in separate window Atlantic City, NJ June

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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 to open map in separate window. Rock Hall, MD June 2-3,

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Onward and Loopward!

After a brief hiatus for the trip to France, we resume our travels on America’s Great Loop.  Heading north up the Chesapeake Bay, we stop in small coastal towns and one big town very familiar to us – Annapolis – where we have some honored guests for a night. Click to open the map in

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Two Weeks, Two Continents

We hunker down for a whole week of unusual weather on the Chesapeake.  Then we head to southwest France for a Celebratory French Garden Party.   Fair warning: this blog contains LOTS of photos. Click to open map in separate window Norfolk, VA (Little Creek) May 6 – 15, 2022 We had planned all along

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Yes, Virginia, We’re BA-aaaack

We return to the very familiar Hampton Roads area, setting up shop for a month plus stay to go through the Life Maintenance Checklist.  We also spend a week at the Looper Rendezvous in Norfolk.  Click to view map in separate window We’ve now been living the cruising life for almost exactly a year, having

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Blowin’ through North Carolina

Lots of travel days as high winds force us to make quicker time through North Carolina than we had originally planned.  But being our third time along this stretch of the ICW, these are familiar towns and stops.  We see spring emerging and continued economic recovery from COVID in many of our repeat stops compared

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