Ok this is where we have been and where we think we are going

There has been some confusion as to where we have been and where we are at and where we are going.  Believe me most of the time we are as confused as everyone else.

So Few basics

We started from Torensen Marina on June 29^th 2012 in Muskegon Lake

Our first “yes we have to be there” destination is the Galveston Texas area by mid/late July of 2013 to get ready for Jennie’s wedding on August 23^rd 2013.

So here is a brief run down

We went north on Lake Michigan our first delay in Frankfort, Mi.  We meet the crew of South Bound and down.

We continued on around past Mackinac Island into Lake Huron (nope did not do Lake Superior on account of the fact it's cold, and we had a late start- might catch it on the way back when ever.)

We traveled down Lake Huron with extended stays in Tawas and Port Huron. (repairs and meeting friends, and weather)

From Lake Huron we went to Lake St. Claire and another extended stay at Jefferson Beach Marina but a great visit with Gary and Diane on board Monarch and caught up with Chasseur and Nautical Dreamer.

From Lake St Claire we went to Lake Erie and Put-n-Bay for another long stay – this time weather related.  We ended our stay in Lake Erie at Port Colburn, CA.  - (we could have tried Niagara Falls but decided against the plunge J)   we traveled through the Welland Canal to Lake Ontario.

In Lake Ontario we beat feet (sailed and motored) to Fair Haven, NY to have our mast un-stepped. Again, we had a slightly longer stay than anticipated.  Mast went on a truck and we proceeded to the Oswego Canal, Lake Oneida then Erie Canal.

Out of the Erie Canal into the Hudson River we stopped for a while in Catskill, NY to re-step our mast. 

On down the Hudson with minor weather adventures to Staten Island and a great visit with our future son-in-law Josh, Emmy, and sunset sail, and waiting for a weather window.

TADA- got some good weather and went from Great Kills harbor, Staten Island, NY to Cape May, NJ-  via the North Atlantic –  overnight – 120 nautical miles. TADA

From Cape May we went to Delaware Bay to C&D canal to get to Chesapeake Bay and the Annapolis Sail Boat Show.  Again an extended stay but I got a freezer for the boat, and a cleaver boat hook, harness for the outboard motor and lots of good advice.  We met with Donna and her kids and with Dawn.

Boat show over for us back into the Chesapeake Bay to the Choptank River (another weather adventure L and finally to the Potomac River – to get to Woodbridge to meet up with Dawn to get my drivers license (yes you need one even if you are in a boat.)  I have my license and we had a great visit even if the temperatures dropped to 37 degrees.  The Bernard family came back out to visit us and we got some needed provisions from West Marine and Wegmans.

So today Sunday 10/14 we started back down the Potomac to reach the Chesapeake Bay to get to Norfolk, VA to find the Dismal Swamp and get to Elizabeth City, NC.

Where we go after that is anyone’s guess.

Confused,  YEP – so are we. J