December 3, 2025 Returned from Massachusetts after spending time with family for Thanksgiving. Arrived back to the boat late afternoon. Everything looked fine on the boat. Before we left Two Georges Marina to go back home, we met John McGee. He is the AGLCA harbor host here. While we were
October 19, 2025 After 11 hours of driving on Friday and another 7 the next day, we arrived back to our boat at Kenlake Marina in Kentucky. We had been home for about a week taking care of business. Apple picking with family and a picnic afterwards was a highlight.
September 26, 2025 Last night there was an impromptu Loopers meeting to discuss what time to leave Alton Marina and information regarding the two locks we would have to go through. This would be the start of our trip down the Mississippi. Brian offered to call the lock attendant at
September 18, 2025 I failed to mention in the last entry that we had gone on a “hike” with Kevin and Tina Rhodes on Cross Rhodes when we were in Ottawa at the Heritage Harbor Marina. The area was originally referred to as “Deer Park” in reference to the large
August 24, 2025 Later afternoon we took Heidi out for a walk heading along the channel. As we stepped off the dock, Heidi spied a mink; she just stopped and stared at. Was surprised that she didn’t go after it. The walk along the channel was brisk; the winds
August 13, 2025 Our last night on the anchor in Charlevoix, we discovered that our anchor light was not working. In order to fix it, the flopper stopper poles have to be detached so that we can get the mast down; it’s a bit of an ordeal. We turned
August 6, 2026 Yesterday anchor was up about 6:15 from Bad River. When we left that morning, there were nine other boats anchored. It’s been a bit rough out in the sound the last two days. Last night for dinner we ate the last two chicken thighs, a
July 26, 2025 A few days ago, we drove back home. It was just as hot and sticky in Massachusetts as it has been here in Canada. Heidi got a new do, so she’ll be a bit more comfortable in this heat. Yesterday, we headed back to the boat.
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
May 2, 2025 Last Saturday, we rented a vehicle, packed it to head to home base – we left Sunday; 9.5 hour drive. Then we were off and running; seeing friends and family, doctor appointments, vet visit, Costco run and a dinner celebration for our oldest daughter’s birthday. Brian
April 21, 2025 This morning we decided to motor back across the river to York River Yacht Haven to their marina. We wanted to see some sites. Got off the dock at Gloucester Point without much ado; the winds in our favor. Brian had called the night before regarding a
April 18, 2025 So, yesterday after deploying the flopper-stoppers, they definitely alleviated the rocking and rolling for a while, until the winds changed direction and the tide and current was putting our Heidi-Ho side onto the waves. We were being knocked around so much that a cleat holding a line
April 17, 2025 Last night Mike and Caroline of Valhalla came by for a visit. They have been in Portsmouth for 6 months and are planning on leaving within the month to travel the Great Loop. Mike offered to stop by this morning at 7:30 to help with our