It's been a while since we updated the blog. The trip is going very well. The boat is handling well. We have seen so many wonderful things in the last two months. We have been overwhelmed with expressions of kindness shown to us along the way. It has made things even more pleasant.
The truth of the matter is that there are days when internet connections are spotty and it has taken hours to get just basic things done. We don't have a dedicated computer table and you know how things can be when you have to move things from one place to another. It only just came to our attention that we could use the computer underway hooked up to the outlet powered by the inverter. So we are learning. And maybe whenever we are in 3G land we can use our iphone hotspot to get the blog updated.
Sometimes our days are long and once the boat is anchored or docked, dinner has to be prepared. Sometimes we hit the pillow at 8 pm. We're not complaining. Just whinning, I guess, because blogging fell to the wayside and now it looks like a momentous task to get caught up.
Rusty's dear sister, Judy, was diagnosed with a reoccurence of cancer in June and she lost her fight a few weeks ago. Rusty was able to be with her just before she died. This weekend we fly to Nebraska for the memorial. Gigi will stay at a pet boarding facility in Columbus Mississippi.
Travel arrangements have been difficult in this neck of the woods. Either it is non-existent or it requires loops. But the good part is that it all came together.
It looks like we will be home the early part of December. Kind of looking forward to it.
Welcome to Our Journey
2014 - Brewerton, NY, up the Trent-Severn and onto to Lake Superior for a trip around its perimeter
2013 - Brewerton, NY along the Erie Canal, down the Hudson River, east along Long Island Sound and up the coast to Maine, returning to Brewerton . May to early October 2013
2012 - Naples, FL north on the ICW, Chesapeake Bay, up the Hudson to complete the Little Triangle (lakes, rivers & canals from Brewerton, NY to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Lake Champlain, Waterford, NY and back to Brewerton). April to September 2012
2011 - Our first year of cruising took us around the Great Loop (up the East Coast, inland via the Great Lakes, the rivers from Chicago to Mobile and across the Gulf of Mexico) an eight month journey beginning in Goodland, FL and ending in Naples, FL. April to December 2011
2013 - Brewerton, NY along the Erie Canal, down the Hudson River, east along Long Island Sound and up the coast to Maine, returning to Brewerton . May to early October 2013
2012 - Naples, FL north on the ICW, Chesapeake Bay, up the Hudson to complete the Little Triangle (lakes, rivers & canals from Brewerton, NY to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Lake Champlain, Waterford, NY and back to Brewerton). April to September 2012
2011 - Our first year of cruising took us around the Great Loop (up the East Coast, inland via the Great Lakes, the rivers from Chicago to Mobile and across the Gulf of Mexico) an eight month journey beginning in Goodland, FL and ending in Naples, FL. April to December 2011