One week before departure, we came home to find our Condo 50 gallon hot water tank had been leaking all day. It was 4:00pm and a holiday week-end so needless to say no hot water for showers or laundry until Tuesday at the earliest. On the brighter side we had the boat right outside our door which did have hot water.
We each have our own list of things to do and each day a few more things get crossed off.
Our great neighbors and friends gave us a Kindle electronic book from Amazon. This will eliminate having to find space for our books.
We have been busy cancelling the newspaper, phone, subscriptions, (which take 2-3 months to get out of the system), chasing prescriptions and last minute doctors, dentist appointment's insurance, phone, etc. It's a challenge to think of everything. Also Tom had knee scope surgery 8/28/09 and is currently doing well cramming physical therapy in to the last day of departure.
Currently departure date is scheduled for Sunday 9/13 from LPYC. It has been busy to say the least, however looking forward to departure. We said to each other this morning sitting on the deck overlooking the harbor that what we will miss the most is our wonderful family and friends here at home in the QC. We will do our best to keep this blog spot updated with our location. We will miss everyone. Thanks for all your support and encouragement.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Starting out
This web site provides a way for our family and friends to keep up with us on our Great Loop Trip.
The Great Loop is a 6600+ mile journey down the Mississippi river, up the Ohio River to the Tennessee River and the Tombigbee Waterway to Mobile, Alabama and easterly across the Florida pan handle. We will harbor hop down the west coast of Florida via Key West with a layover in Marathon. In the spring we head up the east coast to the Chesapeake Bay and New York Harbour, up the Hudson River, and across the Erie Canal,and Lake Ontario into Canada. We pass through the Trent-Severn Canal which is 240 miles and 44 locks. On our return we pass through Georgian Bay and North Channel to Mackinac Island and Lake Michigan. We then follow the Illinois river to the Mississippi and back home.
It is also know as the Great Circle Route and has been documented by many as the safest long distance cruising in the world. To have this opportunity to travel and see the eastern half the North America and the Canadian Canals by water is consider by us to be the adventure of a lifetime.
The Great Loop is a 6600+ mile journey down the Mississippi river, up the Ohio River to the Tennessee River and the Tombigbee Waterway to Mobile, Alabama and easterly across the Florida pan handle. We will harbor hop down the west coast of Florida via Key West with a layover in Marathon. In the spring we head up the east coast to the Chesapeake Bay and New York Harbour, up the Hudson River, and across the Erie Canal,and Lake Ontario into Canada. We pass through the Trent-Severn Canal which is 240 miles and 44 locks. On our return we pass through Georgian Bay and North Channel to Mackinac Island and Lake Michigan. We then follow the Illinois river to the Mississippi and back home.
It is also know as the Great Circle Route and has been documented by many as the safest long distance cruising in the world. To have this opportunity to travel and see the eastern half the North America and the Canadian Canals by water is consider by us to be the adventure of a lifetime.
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