A piece of our hearts remained behind as we exited the Killarney Channel on a beautiful Sunday morning, tears gently mixing with the breeze. With a deep breath and full hearts, we turned our sights to new adventures on our Great Loop journey. Goodbye Killarney – George our host, we […]

Welcome to Killarney, Ontario Our perfect cruising day was riddled with excitement, especially as we made the turn to enter the 1.6 mile Killarney Channel from the west and cruised to the east end to our family friend’s dock. Left – Our travel map for 2025 – starting on Lake

** North Channel – Sault Ste. Marie to Killarney ** Pointing the bow toward Canada, over next few days we would cruise the northern coast of the North Channel making our way to Killarney, ON, where we would meet up with friends and dock in front of their cabin. We

** Mackinac Island to Sault Ste. Marie / Lake Superior ** Our next jaunt takes us from Mackinac Island up the St. Mary’s River to Sault Ste. Marie and into Lake Superior, our fourth Great Lake. Our route up the St. Mary’s River and dipping our bow into Lake Superior

** Port Austin, MI to Mackinac Island, MI ** Our journey continues north, and we are waiting on summer to make its grand entrance to the Great Lakes. Fifties and sixties and lots of wind are the norm in our neck of the woods as well as jackets and down

** Algonac, MI to Port Austin, MI – 122 miles ** Our first week back on board went quickly, with lots to do to get Now or Never ready to cruise. We made the trek to Algonac just after Memorial Day, much later than we hoped, but certainly not unexpected.

We have splashed, but before we get to our current situation, we’ll fill you in since we left the boat in September. Back in the water! Did you think we wouldn’t make it back to Now or Never? We were starting to think so, we really thought we’d take a

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