“House Boating” in Minnesota in January.
I thought I would include this picture for those that did not see it on the news. A house on the Island in White Bear Lake was moved from the island to the mainland to be relocated on a new lot. Click on picture to enlarge.
Spring is here and we are eager to get back to the boat and start our summer long cruise. The current plan is to drive to St Charles on Monday, May 11, and get back a board on Tuesday.
We will spend a couple of days shopping to provision the boat and checking out the bow and stern thrusters that Bloch Marine Service has added to the boat for us. Then if the water level on the Illinois co-operates we will be off for Chicago.
Currently the Illinois is in flood, but it has crested and if there isn’t more heavy rain, it should be OK by the time we are ready to go.
I will be updating this blog on a regular basis starting next week (internet access allowing).
For those of you that would like to know more about the Canadian waters that we will be enjoying this summer I am including three good web links to data about the areas.
First the North Channel.
http://continuouswave.com/
Jim Hebert lives in Michigan and has boated all over the area each summer. He first sailed the North Channel for many summers in chartered sailboat and then later in a large trailered Boston Whaler. On his web site the North Channel link goes to a great overview of the area with nice photos. The sail log link takes you to each of the summer excursions and detail of that summers trip. If you like Boston Whalers, that link contains a wealth of knowledge.
Second Trent Severn Canal
http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/on/trentsevern/index_e.asp
This is the Parks Canada site (they run the canal). There is lots of information here. If you go; visitor info, more info, Lock info – there is a nice overhead photo of each of the locks along with links to lock chamber of commerce and other tourism sites.
Finally the Rideau Canal
http://www.rideau-info.com/canal
This is a site maintained by Ken Watson, he lives in the area and is a writer and photographer. There is a wealth of information here (more than most will want), some is directed to the local community not visitors. The photo gallery has many great pictures of the locks and general nature scenes
We look forward to hearing from many of you. Add a comment to the blog or send us an e-mail ghillair@aol.com.
I thought I would include this picture for those that did not see it on the news. A house on the Island in White Bear Lake was moved from the island to the mainland to be relocated on a new lot. Click on picture to enlarge.
Spring is here and we are eager to get back to the boat and start our summer long cruise. The current plan is to drive to St Charles on Monday, May 11, and get back a board on Tuesday.
We will spend a couple of days shopping to provision the boat and checking out the bow and stern thrusters that Bloch Marine Service has added to the boat for us. Then if the water level on the Illinois co-operates we will be off for Chicago.
Currently the Illinois is in flood, but it has crested and if there isn’t more heavy rain, it should be OK by the time we are ready to go.
I will be updating this blog on a regular basis starting next week (internet access allowing).
For those of you that would like to know more about the Canadian waters that we will be enjoying this summer I am including three good web links to data about the areas.
First the North Channel.
http://continuouswave.com/
Jim Hebert lives in Michigan and has boated all over the area each summer. He first sailed the North Channel for many summers in chartered sailboat and then later in a large trailered Boston Whaler. On his web site the North Channel link goes to a great overview of the area with nice photos. The sail log link takes you to each of the summer excursions and detail of that summers trip. If you like Boston Whalers, that link contains a wealth of knowledge.
Second Trent Severn Canal
http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/on/trentsevern/index_e.asp
This is the Parks Canada site (they run the canal). There is lots of information here. If you go; visitor info, more info, Lock info – there is a nice overhead photo of each of the locks along with links to lock chamber of commerce and other tourism sites.
Finally the Rideau Canal
http://www.rideau-info.com/canal
This is a site maintained by Ken Watson, he lives in the area and is a writer and photographer. There is a wealth of information here (more than most will want), some is directed to the local community not visitors. The photo gallery has many great pictures of the locks and general nature scenes
We look forward to hearing from many of you. Add a comment to the blog or send us an e-mail ghillair@aol.com.
1 comment:
George and Diana,
Greetings from Ft Myers Beach FL.
We are hoping your weather is a
little cooler...it is in the 90's
all week.
We were looking forward to Canada
and now we RE REALLY looking
forward to cooler weather.
Aloha,
Jan and Loren
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