July 14, 2025 Before leaving Swift River Lock wall to enter Swift River Lock at 9:00, Lauren made home fries and served them up with eggs, toast (& homemade jam for B) and bacon. Lauren doesn’t eat toast if she has home fries; she mixes them into her
July 7, 2025 Last night the winds died down about 8. We sat out on the foredeck and listened to the sounds around us; birds chirping, the passing of fishing and pontoon boats – near and far, conversations (carry over the water rather well) and, of course the songs of the
July 1, 2025 Happy Canada Day!! Left Trent Port Marina at 8:30 and started up the Trent-Severn Waterway. Originally, we were only going to transit 8 locks, but decided to get through 12. We had every lock to ourselves. The lock tenders told us that yesterday was rather busy
June 25, 2025 Left the town dock in Merrickville about 7:30 and headed towards our first of several locks of the day; 9 to be exact along with a couple of swing bridges. When we approached our first lock, Conrad and Amy of Solitude were tied up at the
June 18, 2025 Yesterday we left Sorel and traveled to the start of the St. Lawrence Sea Way locks. We dropped anchor just before the start of the locks. It was a rocky anchorage due to the ferries and pleasure craft. A two-masted schooner named The Pride of Baltimore II
Jun 1, 2025 Left our anchorage in Porter Bay just north of Otter Creek about 8:30. As we exited the Creek, Lauren saw two trawlers heading North. She put binoculars on them, but wasn’t able to get the names of the boats. Shortly after, she received a call
May 27, 2025 Last entry was off on the date. After looking over the last post, we noted the picture of Brian’s barber was never posted. Here he is: Also, we failed to mention going through the locks previous before landing in Schuylerville, that our thrusters malfunctioned. Lauren thought
May 21, 2025 Two nights ago, we tried to take down the mast. Just as we got the stays detached, the winds picked up significantly, roaring down the river. We did not think it was safe to continue especially when Lauren’s arms were wrapped around the mast holding on.
May 17, 2025 Yesterday we got off the boat without Heidi and walked about town. Stopped for a late lunch and meandered our way to a grocery store to provision for fresh produce. This morning, we got off the boat again, this time taking Heidi with us. We met several
May 10, 2025 Yesterday, about 2 ½ hours out from the canal from Cape May, Lauren saw three, what looked like black spikes evenly spaced right near the boat. They were so close there wasn’t time to avoid them. We were in about 20 feet of water. It certainly made
May 6, 2025 Forgot to mention in our last post that when we were at home base, our daughter had started her seedlings (months prior), but had moved them outdoors – she has several thousand seedlings; pretty impressive. Also, failed to write in the previous post that after we anchored, last