Let the Cruise Begin!!!

Stuffed Car

With a car stuffed to the gills we departed our home in Florida on Friday 6/8 and headed north where we would embark on our fifth cruising adventure on the sparkling waters of the Great Lakes, Georgian Bay, and the North Channel of Lake Huron. Actually, this will be the first season where we will probably not actually be in one of the Great Lakes since we are starting the cruise in the North Channel versus southern Lake Michigan as in years past.

Ferry ride to Drummond Island

On the way up we stopped for visits with Alan's nephew and family in Dawsonville, GA and some Allstate friends west of Nashville. We spent one night in Toledo, OH and finally arrived at our final destination on Drummond Island on Monday afternoon at about 4:45. We checked in with the marina and had a chance to offload some of the bulkier items in the car onto the boat before we retired to a local motel for a good night's rest.



Crossing Big Mac

We will be staying on Drummond Island for for one more night before heading up to Sault Ste. Marie by car for our last motel night to take care of some admin and the last of the provisioning. Our boat is scheduled to be laiunched on Wednesday 6/13 and and we should be sleeping aboard on 6/14. We will be off for a short trip to Canada before returning to Drummond Island on 6/27 where Sheri will head of to Ohio for some Grandmothering with a new addition to the family and will be replaced by crew/friends from Chicago and Seattle until she returns on 7/21. At that time we will spend the last four weeks of our summer cruise visiting our usual spots before returning to Drummond Island and storing the boat for another season.