We departed from Pirate’s Cove a little after 9am. Our path took us a couple miles further on the Erie Canal and then we took a sharp right turn onto the Oswego canal. This canal took us to the edge of Lake Ontario. Along the Oswego canal we negotiated seven locks. These were just like all the ones we transited on the Erie Canal, with no surprises along the way. There are four ways to tie along the lock wall….
We waited until after noon to leave Kingston in order to take advantage of the current. The trip would only take about 4 hours, which gave us plenty of time to arrive before Shady Harbor Marina closed for the day. Not much to say about today except that we ate at a great restaurant at the marina overlooking the Hudson River.
These were repeat visits from our trip last year. The trip from Jekyll to Isle of Hope was a long travel day of over 80 miles. We hope to avoid doing these long days, but there aren’t many places to stop on the Georgia coast, and we still aren’t doing the anchor out thing. So that left us with a trip where we departed in the pre-dawn light and didn’t stop until 4pm or so. Overall it was a good…
Our first stop was Jekyll Island. It was a nice 70nm trip from Jacksonville on a perfect weather day. The morning started slow as we had to wait 15 minutes for a railroad bridge to open, but after an Amtrak train sped by the bridge was opened and we were on our way. We had a nice slow boat ride through downtown Jacksonville, and then made up some time in the wide open waterway between downtown and the ICW. This…
Once again we begin our trek north. As you may recall, last fall we made the decision to move the boat down to Florida for the winter to avoid the freezing temperatures and to take care of some maintenance issues. It took about three weeks to travel from Portsmouth, Virginia down to Sanford, Florida. A few weeks ago we made the trip up the St. John’s River to a boat yard in Jacksonville. Now as we restart our Loop travels…
At the end of our last trip I had assembled a list of things I wanted to repair or replace on the boat. Since I enjoy doing projects I decided to tackle as many of these by myself, and hopefully save a little money along the way. So I started right away on the most difficult items with hopes that I could get most if not all of them finished by the time we set sail in the spring. Here…
When we left Blue Sky safely docked in Portsmouth there were no hurricanes. Within a week there were three named storms in the Atlantic and it looked like Florence was going to do her best to clobber the lower Chesapeake. I was able to communicate with the dockmaster who was able to double the lines and make sure things were extra secure. I was feeling okay until the Navy moved the warships out of the Norfolk area. As the week…
Home is ever changing for us and means many things to me. Home is where your heart is. (Texas) Home is where your house is. (Orlando) Home is where you park it…(especially Fort Wilderness) We got a site at Disney’s Fort Wilderness to get the trailer ready.
We left the boat in North Carolina to come home to get ready for Oshkosh so I’m going to backtrack & post a few more photos.
Here are some more photos from the final 2 stops in Florida.