Here is our schedule with dates listed of when we hope to be in specific areas or towns and when family and friends have indicated they will meet up with us for a visit.
Obviously some of this could (and most likely will) change due to areas we choose to explore in greater detail, lock delays, weather concerns, meeting up with family and friends, etc.
June
August
Obviously some of this could (and most likely will) change due to areas we choose to explore in greater detail, lock delays, weather concerns, meeting up with family and friends, etc.
August
Leave Mackinaw City on Thursday 18th.
We will be stopping in Charlevoix, Leland and Frankfort before crossing over to Sturgeon Bay.
Christy & Eric bought a cottage in Sturgeon Bay so we stay with them for a few days before continuing on to Chicago.
We are allowing 4 days to get to Chicago, and will play it by ear as to where we will stop along the way.
Christy & Eric bought a cottage in Sturgeon Bay so we stay with them for a few days before continuing on to Chicago.
We are allowing 4 days to get to Chicago, and will play it by ear as to where we will stop along the way.
September
Arrive in Chicago, September 1st and leave on the 7th. Spend some time with family and friends while in Chicago. Cruise the Illinois river system to the Mississippi and arrive in Grafton, IL September 18th. Cruise through St. Louis to Kimmswick, MO on the 21st, this is the last marina for 228 miles. May take a side trip to St. Charles, MO.
October
Attend the AGLCA rendezvous 23rd - 26th.
Side trip to Chattanooga, TN on the Tennessee river
Side trip to Chattanooga, TN on the Tennessee river
November
Tennessee river to Tombigbee waterway.
Arrive Mobile, AL mid November.
December
Florida panhandle end of November.
Cross over to the west coast of Florida first week of December.
leave the boat in Tarpon Springs to have some maintenance work done.
Visit Utah and home for the holiday’s. December 13th - Jan 1st
Visit Utah and home for the holiday’s. December 13th - Jan 1st
January
Arrive back in Tarpon Springs, January 1st, leave on the 4th. Will cruise down the west coast of Florida to the Key West and then up to Key Largo. Arrive in Marina Del Mar in Key Largo January 23rd for a month long stay.
February
Rob & Dixie arrive on the 1st and leave on the 5th.
Rob & Dixie arrive on the 1st and leave on the 5th.
Kelly & Don arrive on the 18th.
Leave Key Largo on the 22nd, spend two nights in Biscayne Bay state park and arrive in Miami on the 24th.
Kelly and Don leave on the 25th.
Move to Lake Worth on the 27th to wait for the right weather to cross over to the Bahamas.
March
Spend the month exploring the Bahamas.
April
Back from the Bahamas the first week. Head north on the ICW (Inter Coastal Waterway) through Florida, Georgia and the Carolina’s.
Back from the Bahamas the first week. Head north on the ICW (Inter Coastal Waterway) through Florida, Georgia and the Carolina’s.
May
Finish the ICW at Norfolk, VA and move into the Chesapeake with side trip to Washington, DC to meet up with Christy and family. Will be in DC the 17th - 24th. Continue north in the Chesapeake.
June
Chesapeake to Annapolis, Baltimore, C&D Canal, Delaware Bay and Cape May. Then up the New Jersey coast up to NYC and the Hudson River. Continue following the Hudson River to the Erie Canal and into Lake Ontario.
Hook up with Kelly & Don in the 1,000 islands of New York june 26th. They will be with us until through the July 4th.
July
Enter Canada July 5th. Take the Trent Severn waterway to Georgian Bay.
Enter Canada July 5th. Take the Trent Severn waterway to Georgian Bay.
August
Georgian Bay to North Channel. Return to Mackinaw City mid month.
