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!

 July 17, 2001 

Here we are at lock 31, the town of Buckhorn. Summer has arrived! It is about 80 degrees and the winds have died down to normal. And wouldn't you know it, now we are wishing it was cooler again - - never satisfied ...

We had a great second day (Saturday) in Hastings. We woke early to do laundry and, by pure coincidence, there was a restaurant next door (the Captain's Table!) who was having a $2.99 (Canadian) breakfast special - - 2 eggs, bacon, homefries, toast, and coffee. So we had to stop while we were waiting for the laudry to finish ... ! On the way back to the boat we walked through the farmer's market and got fresh veggies, homemade chocolate chip cookies, raspberry tarts, ... and an egg (so that Brian could make his infamous salmon patties for dinner!). It was a great morning. Then we worked on the boat a bit, including Brian changing the boat oil - - always a favored job (... not ...)!

Saturday evening, we discovered that the community center was having Bingo so we went up to play the early bird games. We then spent some time talking to the very interesting dockmaster. He even let me manually close one of the locks! Yes, Brian got a picture of me walking around and around like a mule.

We've met some great people the past several days including a couple on "Wazatug" who have been cruising the Great Circle for 3 YEARS, and a couple from Trenton, Ontario who are on holiday, cruising the Trent-Severn. Both were very nice folks who we enjoyed talking with.

The Trent-Severn continues to be beautiful. We've been traveling through lakes, narrow rocky channels, farm land, marsh-type land, etc. It varies so much that it is never boring and always interesting. The dockmasters continue to be helpful and friendly.

The lock in Petersborough is a lift lock. This means that we more-less tied up on a big baking pan at the bottom. The dockmaster then adds an extra foot of water to a second pan at the top and because of the extra weight, the top pan comes down and the bottom one goes up. The trip (~65') is very smooth and fast. More than a little cool.

Last night, Norm and Alana (people who my sister deals with in a work capacity and who live in Buckhorn) stopped by the lock where we were moored to say hello and to hear about our adventures. We are meeting them for dinner this evening in town. It was wonderful to have someone to show our pictures to!!! Brian doesn't "ohh and ahhh" over them any more.

Again, all is well. The little spiders continue to come out of the walls at night (I think just to frustrate Brian by camping out on the boat). But other than that, we wouldn't change a thing.

Jeri and Brian