Pictures From the Trip October 3, 2001 Last Cruising Update - Summary October 1, 2001 Cruising Update - From Annapolis September 26, 2001 Home Strech September 19, 2001 Last Of The Erie Canal September 15, 2001 Back on the Eastern Erie Canal September 12, 2001 Finishing the Western Erie Canal September 10, 2001 Lockport to Fairport September 7, 2001 Western Frontier of the Erie Canal September 6, 2001 Back in the Canal System September 4, 2001 Leaving The Great Lakes September 1, 2001 In our 7th State August 29, 2001 Ohio Has Libraries August 27, 2001 Vermilion, Ohio August 26, 2001 Fox Haven Marina August 22, 2001 In Put-in-Bay August 17, 2001 The End Of Lake Huron August 15, 2001 Down Lake Huron August 13, 2001 North Channel and Lake Huron August 3, 2001 Gore Bay August 1, 2001 Keel-Haulings July 31, 2001 Rocks Everywhere July 28, 2001 On To The North Channel July 17, 2001 Wouldn't Change A Thing July 13, 2001 Speed Limit July 9, 2001 Thousands of Islands July 5, 2001 Out Of New York July 3, 2001 Typical Day July 2, 2001 Cold Mornings July 1, 2001 Phoenix NY And Beyond June 26, 2001 Through The First Lock June 25, 2001 Up Around Manhattan June 15, 2001 Daily Routine June 12, 2001 Strolling The Vineyards June 11, 2001 Sag Harbor June 9, 2001 Block Island & Beer Can Music June 5, 2001 Lessons Learned June 1, 2001 The Tides Increasing May 25, 2001 Up The Coast Of New Jersy May 21, 2001 Getting To Know The Cruisers May 17, 2001 And So It Begins!

 May 17, 2001 

Brian and I left Old House Cove on Saturday morning at 0745 and couldn't have asked for a prettier day! Neighbors saw us off and then, about 3 hours into the trip, we received a hail on the VHF radio - - Bob and Terri (and Scully and Skipper their Jack Russell Terriers) came along side of us in their sport fishing boat to say goodbye and to take pictures of us underway. It was a wonderful surprise!

Our first destination was Lake Ogleton, just south of Annapolis. We stopped there to see our friends Stuart and Kathy. We had a great visit and dinner with them on Saturday night and then said farewell on Sunday morning.

On Sunday afternoon, we were off to John and Ann's marina off of the Severn River, Annapolis. When John and Brian get together there's always something to be done, and in true fashion less than an hour after we docked we were helping John and Ann's son Chris hoist John up his sailboat's mast so that he could do some repairs and improvements. You couldn't pay me enough to go up there!

John graciously offered his advice and assistance on installing a new, bigger and better alternator on the boat this week and it, a new battery combiner, and new volt meters were in and running well within two days.

On Wednesday night, we went with John and Ann to the Annapolis Yacht Club for dinner and to watch the Wednesday evening sailboat races. And on Friday, we plan to head across the Chesapeake Bay, anchoring in the Sassafras River and then continuing north to the Bohemia River and the C&D Canal. Weather permitting, we should be in Cape May early next week.

Jeri