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 15, 2001 

We are happily anchored in a wonderful basin off of Mattituck, NY. We arrived yesterday and walked into town, only to discover that it was much bigger than we anticipated. We were able to do some good long-term provisioning at a huge grocery store, get some film developed (one-hour), check out some of the restaurants, etc. Besides, the anchorage we are in has a very visible and free dinghy dock and a clean, public bath house (with showers). And starting today is the town's Strawberry Festival! It is a town from heaven for cruisers.

We left for Mattituck from Greenport, NY. Nice town, but nothing to write home about. Greenport is the home of Preston's a boating and nautical items/gifts store and we did go into all three of the stores they had in town. The morning we left, Brian spotted a big red fox on the beach near where we were anchored. Now that was something we never expected to see!

We ran into some heavy fog around Plum Gut (and I so wanted to see Plum Island!), but navigated through it with no more problems than everyone else out there who was running in circles for awhile (just kidding ... well, kind of). Once again, it was a good test of our ever increasing navigation skills.

For those of you who have inquired, yes, we do (sort of) have a daily routine. We have coffee every morning, make sun tea almost every other day, and do some sort of household or maintenance tasks (caulking, engine upkeep, etc.) almost every day. Without fail, however, we do check weather every morning and evening, plan for the next day or so every evening, and write in our logs and budget/activities tracking logs at least once a day. We haven't watched TV in 4 weeks and do not miss it.

Next stop: Port Jefferson, NY.

Jeri and Brian