August 2nd we left Livesick Lock with a houseboat – noproblems they knew how to drive it!?. We had hoped to stop at the Bobcageon lock Wall to see the renowned Bigley shoe store but oh my it was crowded. This is a holiday week for the locals so mostly smaller boats. Not a spot … More Balsam Lake Anchorage – Orillia Marina
July 31st we cruised from Hastings to Peterborough through marshy areas, and cabin areas. Slow and easy with many bends in the channel. We had 1 lock to pass through today. We cruised with several boats, Pura Vida lll, Grand Cru, Just Right, Scaliwag, and SS Walker for 38.6 miles. We needed fuel so the … More Peterborough-Lovesick
July 29th we cruised from Campbellford to Hastings Ontario. We managed to go through 6 locks on the Trent Severn. Saw some loons, cool homes along the way through the canal and through some more open areas. We rafted to “Out of the Loop”, then they would raft to us and so on in the … More Hastings-Peterborough
July 25 Ed and Kyle boated us to shore from their home on Lake Limerick and drove us back to our boat in Belleville. What a wonderful 3 days on their Lake. We were on the Trent Severn after cruising 10 miles. To Trent Ontario. We entered our 1st lock and paid them $186.00 for … More Frankford Lock #6- Campbellford
July 2oth we started across Lake Ontario. Waves were 1-2 feet will swells that were quite bothersome. I took a dramamine to make sure I didn’t get sick. We weren’t alone crossing as Knot a Chance (Jerry,Carol), Pura Vida 3 (Chris,Angela,Sebastian), Phase 3 (Bill,Nita) went across also. We were all heading for different places. Bruce … More Oswego NY – Kingston Ontario – Canada – Belleville Ontario
Flew home for Little Scott and Tara’s Wedding June 29th. Then stayed home until my sister Dianne and Bob’s 50th Wedding Anniversary on July 13th. We were fortunate that we got to babysit all 3 of our great grandgirls Raelynn 10, Gracelyn 4 and Remi 10 months. We actually saw all of my side of … More Home – Winter Harbor- Oswego Canal between Lock 7 and 8.
We were stuck on the Canajohaire wall for 3 extra days because of high water in the canal. They didn’t want to stress the lock walls, and there was a bunch of debris floating in the river. So we toured the Beechnut museum. R Arkell preserved a lot of history about how they played piano … More Canajohaire – little Falls Lock Wall- Rome- Winter Harbor
June 17th we headed for our next adventure North and west to start our series of locks. We are on the New York Canal System otherwisw known as the Erie Canal. The first lock was the Troy Lock. Went pretty well, I guess we are old hands at this now. We stayed on the free … More Troy Lock – to -Waterford Wall – Amsterdan Wall – Canajoharie Wall
June 12th left our marina and headed out into the Hudson River to take pictures of each others boats by the Statue of Liberty. Thankyou Lynn and Doug on (Doug out),and KT and Deb on (Mountain Wave) for taking ours. Rough water on the Hudson, trying to miss the ferries and other boats and barges. … More Statin Island – Croton-on-Hudson
We went into the ICW again inside of the Atlantic and Plan A was to anchor at Manasquan. We saw some skinny water depth reading 3.1 feet. Seeing some fog off and on. The weather was good today and not so good for tomorrow. Some of the boats stayed and anchored. Soooo, the captains decided … More Atlantic City to New York
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