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!

 June 11, 2001 

Sag Harbor, NY is a perfect town for transient boaters. Besides being beautiful, it has a great anchorage in the bay outside of the breakwater, a free town dinghy dock at the shore-end of the town wharf, and everything you could need right in town including an IGA, hardware, five & dime, and library. Apparently, we passed Ed Bradley on the sidewalk yesterday, but he did not stop to say hello so we missed him (however, the people walking behind us were very excited). We would recommend Sag Harbor to both boaters and land vacationers alike.

Yesterday, a 55' wooden schooner from Denmark pulled up near us and anchored. It looks like the boat has seen a lot of cruising, but is still impressive. We believe it has a crew of 9 men - - some of whom swim in the nude!

We talked to the crew of another schooner we saw in both Mystic and Block Island who are from Washington state. They are heading to Ireland and then on around the world. Brian was ready to jump our ship and go with them! They plan to be back in Washington in September 2002.

Because of Brian and John's work our first week out (installing a new alternator and regulator), we are finding that we only need to go into a marina about once a week - - and that is just to wash the salt off the boat and take a real shower. It is working out wonderfully.

We are making lots of sun tea, continuously doing little maintenance projects, and recording as much as possible in our log. And we are looking forward to getting into fresh water and cruising the NY canals.

Two more things to note for those of you who are potential visitors to Sag Harbor, by land or sea. We highly recommend the Conca D'Ora restaurant for pizza!!!! It doesn't look like much and is very much a family place, but they had the best pizza we have every eaten. On the other side, we were disappointed in the "famous $2.00 hamburgers" at Dockside Bar and Grill. For one thing, they now cost $4.00, are terribly small, and there is an extra charge for things like tomato and lettuce. That's all I'll say on that.

Next stop: Cutchogue, NY - - the Long Island wine country! And then it is off to Oyster Bay, NY.

Jeri and Brian