Down East Loop Adventure

Sorry about the abrupt end to my last post! My daily allocation of data while in Canada abruptly ended without warning, and with it my post! I try to use local WIFI rather than the terrible service that Verizon provides, but local WIFI isn’t always available in some of these small and remote harbors. Our…

Beluga whales are incredibly sociable, gregarious creatures, often traveling in groups of 2-25 whales, with an average pod of about 25 belugas. However, in the summer, they can often be found in pods of hundreds or even thousands of belugas in estuaries or shallow coastal areas. They often hunt together and engage in what can…

Our lives are controlled by the weather. The progress of our journey, and how comfortable or uncomfortable we may be along the way, is totally dependent on the whims of the weather-gods. And we have learned that the St. Lawrence River creates its own weather pattern – and it’s quite varied and unpredictable. We have…

Everything about the Chambly Canal is small. The canal is very narrow, at times requiring constant attention just to keep the boat squarely in the middle. The openings at the bridges are narrow, requiring extreme care to pilot through the narrow opening between abutments, especially in a crosswind. And the locks barely fit the Joint…

A couple more images from our stop in Burlington, Vermont before I move on to our crossing into Canada. The second evening in Burlington, my fraternity brother Doug Roszman (Rosz) and his wife Kathy joined us for dinner on the boat; after dinner, we were mesmerized by an amazing sunset: Rouses Point was our jumping…

Our journey north towards Canada continues! But first, I want to add a few pictures from NYC that were sent to me after my last blog post: Back to the next leg of the trip! Due to its location at the confluence of the Hudson and Mohawk rivers and subsequently the Erie Canal, and due…

City Island is a treasure. At the very eastern edge of the New York, it is just one and a half miles long and a half mile wide with a population of about 4300; technically part of the Bronx and served by subway and bus service, it is an island both literally and figuratively. The…

Navigating the Down East Loop has been on our radar screen since we completed the year-long Great Loop in 2015. The time has finally arrived! The Down East Loop is an interesting, exciting, and challenging boat trip which circumnavigates New England and part of northeast Canada via inland rivers, the St. Lawrence, and the North…