Wow! Our 2024 cruising season on America’s Great Loop flew by. Nine months on board had us navigating 3820 miles from Florida to Canada before putting Now or Never away on Lake St. Clair, just north of Detroit.  2024 Cruising Journey Our travels began with a New Years Cruise to […]

*** Detroit, MI to Algonac, MI *** Last cruise navigation of the year – Our night in Detroit had some Motown vibes going on with our self-proclaimed harbor ambassador, Art, playing some good music well into the night. We rose to a beautiful morning on the Detroit River and the

***   South Detroit to Detroit via Lake Erie   *** We left South Detroit – (can’t you just hear Journey’s Don’t Stop Believing – “Just a small town boy, born and raised in South Detroit”) and cruised the Detroit River, traveling with a generous current. We made great time and entered

** Killarney, ON to Detroit, MI ** Just a few tears were shed as we left Killarney and were back onto Georgian Bay, this time headed south, another side trip of our Great Loop journey. Our week would have us ending on Lake St. Clair for the holiday weekend. We

**   Killarney, ON   ** This looping life has us daily cruising new waters, experiencing new things, and visiting places we’ve never been. It can be a bit daunting at times, having the figure out the lay of the land every single time you stop, with nothing familiar to go by,

***   Frying Pan Island to Killarney, ON    *** We arrived at Henry’s Sans Souci on Frying Pan Island late in the day after an exciting ride on the Big Chute Marine Railway and through our last lock of Port Severn that dumped us into Georgian Bay. A huge bay, known

** Fenelon Falls to Port Severn and Frying Pan Island, Ontario ** The Trent Severn Waterway continues wow us and to be an incredible part of our voyage. Combining the end of the Trent and a trip home to celebrate our youngest’s wedding has made for a few more great

** Trenton to Fenelon Falls, Ontario ** The past few of weeks have been nothing less than incredible. We have enjoyed every bit of this journey, but day after day on the Trent Severn Waterway has been exhilarating, beautiful, enjoyable, different, and rewarding. We set off on Independence Day, cruising

*** Oswego, NY to Trenon, ON *** We rose early in Oswego finding ourselves a little antsy for our voyage across Lake Ontario, as it would be another big water crossing. We watched fishing boats leave their docks in the calmest of winds and seas. Oswego sits on the southeast

 **  Waterford, NY to Oswego NY  ** The Erie and Oswego Canals Life has slowed down, we went from the big city lights and a city that never sleeps, to a comfortable cruise up the Hudson, to a different life along the Erie Canal. We didn’t really know what to