We got word that the U.S. – Canada border will remain closed through at least August 21, 2020, due to the COVID-19 infection rise in the United States. Some speculate it could remain closed until 2021. This essentially prohibits our ability to cruise the route(s) required to reach Chicago before typical weather-related hardships. We hope …
We are trying to be optimistic. Our fingers are crossed. We have planned well for what will be a short boating season. We want to travel the pristine waters of Canada, the Trent-Severn Waterway, Georgian Bay, and the North Channel. We think we might be able to cross Lake Ontario, Lake Huron and skirt the …
I fully intended to produce a blog post in February and share a wonderful trip to Florida to celebrate my Uncle Howard’s 92nd birthday and cajole with my cousins. Life got in the way. I have been accepted as an honorary sibling in the Estes family. I’ve been invited to the annual birthday reunions for …
This adventure blog has been on hold for five months. It is time to document our Home Runs and Curve Balls. (HR) Pete completed his Airplane Instrument Rating! He logged over 100 hours of air time over several months. The airport became Pete’s second home and evenings were typically spent reviewing test questions or watching …
The Canadian medical providers, at Kingston General Hospital, as good as they were (on 7/15), suggested we return to the United States for more efficient care. <No kidding!> On Monday, 7/16, we contacted our U.S. orthopedist sharing the findings of our visit to the Kingston General Hospital emergency room. We were granted an appointment on …
We arrived to Kingston ahead of schedule, 10:30 a.m. Sunday. This concerned us because we had planned for a rental car and we were told none were available until the afternoon. A phone call to Enterprise Rent-A-Car and “Voila!” I would be picked up in 15 minutes! My ride, John, was a 70 year old …
We left Montréal (Longueuil) as soon as practical to be among the first boaters through the Saint Lambert Lock. Little did we know that there was a backlog of commercial ships (which take priority) and that we’d be waiting six hours on the “pleasure craft” dock. We met fellow Loopers though! Gary and Nancy from …
We left the St.-Ours Lock public dock wall early, under cloudy skies. We enjoyed the downstream current of the Richelieu River, then at Sorel we turned west and upstream on the great Saint Lawrence Seaway. With a 2-knot current, our speed was slowed to about 6-knots. Still, we hoped we could make our marina before …
04:00. Awake. No alarm set. Shear excitement! We cast off our lines on 3 July, 2019, at 6:15 a.m. to begin Phase II of our Great Loop Adventure. The weather was perfect. Not a cloud in the sky and virtually no wind. The first two hours got us back up north to Plattsburgh, our winter …
West Marine, Cosco, ACE Hardware, US Post Office, Bed-Bath-&-Beyond, and a few other stops kept us busy on our final weekend in Shelburne. Pete repaired the roller for our anchor chain, fabricated a water hose pigtail to help with marina water hook ups, then he helped me to secure our new Canadian flag on the …