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Gt. Loop Leg 1
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The Peterborough Marina
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Tug Boat Locking Through
Cruising Lake Michigan
The Peterborough Hydraulic Lift Lock
The Mississippi Queen
The Big Chute
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We Leave Pine Tree Island
Trenton to Campbellford
Campbellford to the Dinner Islands
We're Finally in Georgian Bay
We Reach Killarney
Mackinac Island
Charlevoix, MI
Charlevoix to Chicago
Chicago to Peoria
We Reach the Mississippi
End of the First Leg
On the Way Home
Gt. Loop Leg 2
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A Dolphin Follows Us for a While
The Interior of the Ca d'Zan
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The Cosmic C at Midway
Midway to Demopolis
Demopolis to Pensacola
Pensacola to Steinhatchee
Steinhatchee to St Petersburg
St Petersburg to Cape Coral
Gt. Loop Leg 3
Maps
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A Wildfire (Controlled Burn?) on Lake Okeechobee at Moore Haven, FL.
Beautiful Homes Along the Intra Coastal Waterway in Florida.
George Rickey's Kinetic Sculpture at the Vero Beach Art Museum.
Activity in the River at The Savannah, GA Town Dock.
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Cape Coral to Lake Okeechobee
Lake Okeechobee to Lake Worth
Lake Worth to Lighthouse Point.
Lighthouse Point to Ft. Pierce.
Ft. Pierce to Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach to Moon River
Moon River to Charleston, SC
Gt. Loop Leg 4
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Carroll Brown and his Band at the Morgan Creek Restaurant at the Isle of Pines Marina, SC
Heavy duck weed on the Great Dismal Swamp Canal.
Our favorite conch-playing lock keeper.
Bagpipes in Baltimore.
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Our Charleston Saga
Isle of Palms to Beaufort, NC
Beaufort, NC to Norfolk, VA
Norfolk, VA to Branson Cove, VA
Branson Cove, VA to Annapolis, MD
Annapolis, MD to the Middle River, MD
Gt, Loop Leg 5
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From Essex to Annapolis for Repairs
The 4th Annual Chesapeake C Dory Gathering.
Lankford Bay to New York
New York City to Waterford, NY
Waterford, NY to Pine Tree Island
Rideaux Loop
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Pine Tree Island, NY to Brockville, ON
Brockville, ON to Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue to the Lac Leamy Casino, QC.
Lac Leamy Casino, QC to Ottawa, ON.
Ottawa to Merrickville, ON.
Merrickville to Colonel Bi Island, ON.
Colonel By Island to Cranberry Lake, ON.
Cranberry Lake, ON to Pine Tree Island, NY.
Western Erie
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Pine Tree Island to Phoenix, NY.
Phoenix to Clyde, NY.
Clyde to Pittsford, NY.
Pittsford to Holley, NY.
Holley to Tonawanda, NY.
Tonawanda to the Buffalo Yacht Club, NY.
The Buffalo Yacht Club to Brockport, NY.
Brockport to Newark, NY.
Newark to Baldwinsville, NY.
Baldwinsville to Oswego, NY.
Oswego to Pine Tree Island, NY.
Northeast Cruise
Maps
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Cutter Marine, Middle River,MD.
Cutter Marine to All Seasons Marina, Marmora, NJ.
All Seasons Marina, Marmora, NJ to North Cove Marina, New York, NY.
North Cove Marina, New York, NY.
North Cove Marina, New York, NY to the Catskill Marina, Catskill, NY.
Catskill Marina, Catskill, NY to Mechanicville, NY.
Mechanicville, NY to the Chipman Point Marina, VT.
Chipman Point Marina, VT to St. Jean sur Richlieu, QE.
St. Jean sur Richlieu to Marina Saurel, Sorel-Tracy, QE.
Marina Saurel to Marina Port de Plaisance, Longeuil, QE.
Marine Port de Plaisance to the Old Port Marina, Montreal, QE.
Old Port Marina, Montreal, QE to Waddington, NY.
Waddington to Pine Tree Island, NY.
Leg 3 Photo Album
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The Cosmic C moored at Len Susman’s dock in Cape Coral.
We are tremendously indebted to Len for taking care of our boat.
Moored at the dock of family friend Bart Smith on Sanibel Island.
Here the Sanibel beach is clean, but further down the island ...
... the red algae piles up on the sands.
On the cell phone with Courtney discussing wedding plans.
An intriguing old cemetery next to one of the island’s bike paths.
Bike paths make cycling around Sanibel a real pleasure.
Lunch at the Lazy Flamingo. Its key lime pie is first rate!
Bart Smith and Lee Tauck, the epitome of delightful hospitality.
Moored at LaBelle on the Caloosahatchee River.
No sluices, just open the gates and let the water rush in!
Smoke from a “controlled burn” of lake grasses.
Our mooring companions leave Moore Haven in the morning mist.
We learn that the “controlled burn” was, in fact, a large wildfire.
An English canal narrowboat at Roland Martins Marina in Clewiston.
60 feet long, under 7 feet wide, and beautifully painted.
Answers to frequently asked questions about the narrowboat.
Our morning coffee is pleasantly interrupted after a night at anchor.
Some of the whimsical artworks in Stuart, Florida.
A dozen J. Seward Johnson sculptures grace the Stuart downtown.
He’s always at work, but the wall never gets any bigger.
So real it made us drowsy just to look at him.
A delightful little museum of Stuart history in the old feed store.
Moored at the Lighthouse Point Marina, just north of Fort Lauderdale.
With our friends Mike and Marilyn Formicola.
Mary checks out unique wind chimes in Boca Raton.
The Boca Raton Art Museum featured an exhibit on Marilyn Monroe.
Tom and Jodi Hall, our friends from the St Lawrence.
We sipped champagne and watched the lunar eclipse ....
...at the oceanfront condo of Chuck and Heather, Tom’s niece.
Tom relaxes in the salon of their 65-ft motor yacht Precious Lady...
...while Jodi works the galley. Thanks, Halls, for your grand hospitality.
Some of the lovely homes...
... on Florida’s Intracoastal Waterway...
...and a particularly delightful bridge.
One of the many Goliaths along the ICW.
A magnificent banyan tree near the Flagler Museum in Palm Beach.
Whitehall, the Flagler Museum in Palm Beach.
Whitehall’s inner courtyard.
Henry Flagler’s personal rail car.
Sunset over the Palm Harbor Marina in West Palm Beach.
More homes....
...on the Intracoastal Waterway in Florida.
Moored at the Ft. Pierce City Marina.
Although we’re not anglers, Fort Pierce welcomed us anyway.
Murals on the walls of the historic Arcade Building in Ft. Pierce...
...are colorful and whimsical, ...
... as are ...
... the murals inside.
Some of the other murals in Ft. Pierce.
The beautiful but almost empty Vero Beach.
The Vero Beach Museum of Art.
The rocket garden at the Kennedy Space Center.
Atlantis in the vehicle assembly building to repair hail damage.
The launch pad waiting for Atlantis to return.
Mary discussing NASA’s policies with our tour guide.
The business end of the first stage of a Saturn moon rocket...
... and the lunar landing vehicle it was designed to put on the moon.
We moored at Carl Woughter and Anne Nichols' dock ....
... while visiting them and the Kennedy Space Center.
A bald eagle checks us out as we cruise by.
Moored at the Halifax River Yacht Club in Daytona Beach.
The Daytona Beach waterfront ...
... is very attractive and well maintained ...
... but overrun with bikers during Bike Week.
Acres of gleaming chrome, cycles of all shapes and sizes...
... and some other fun vehicles too.
The winning car from the 2007 Daytona 500.
Dale Earnhart is commemorated at the track where he died.
A beautiful little detail adorns an otherwise ordinary bridge
Don Chester waves as we pass his home on the ICW.
A beautiful street of live oaks in St. Augustine, FL
We needed to go to the Alligator Farm to see a croc this close.
The opulent Ponce de Leon Hotel is now Flagler College.
The entrance court ....
... and lobby of Flagler College.
Just a simple college cafeteria.
The Presbyterian Memorial Church.
St. Augustine’s Castillo de San Marcos, standing guard since 1695.
The main street of charming Fernandina Beach.
Two old salts again, East Coast Florida style.
Notice the mounted machine guns. Don't mess with these guys!
Mary hikes the river walk on Cumberland Island.
The majestic approach to Dungeness, the Carnegie’s estate ...
... on Cumberland Island, now a ruin where the wild horses roam.
Dungeness then ...
... and now.
The Coast Guard ordered us to move to let this nuclear sub pass by.
The Jekyll Island Club is now a hotel ...
... where one can still play croquet ...
... and eat in the Grand Dining Room.
Yet another long conversation with our daughter.
Sun (and no-see-um)-rise on the Moon River, south of Savannah.
They rowed yelling “Where’s the DEET, give me the DEET.”
Our neighbors at the River Street Marketplace Dock in Savannah.
The beautiful squares, ...
... houses, ...
... and parks of Savannah.
Preparing for the huge St. Patrick’s Day parade in Savannah.
Savannah’s famous waving lady statue.
Temporarily moored at Thunderbolt Marine.
Views ...
... along Bay Street ...
... in Beaufort.
Two of the many gaily decorated ...
... mermaids to be found around Beaufort.
Feb 22, 2013
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