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Working our way through the locks
Disclaimer: Don’t read while hungry 😋 So for the last few days we’ve just been chugging along as far as we can get each day. Wednesday we made it through lock 12 and went to check out a suspension bridge overlooking a small “waterfall” as they refer to it. I would have to challenge the…
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Starting The Trent Severn
45 Locks in this waterway! We had gotten up early Sunday morning and set off towards Trenton. Thankfully the wind had calmed down and so did the lake. We got to Port Trent Marina later in the afternoon and decided to stay two nights. When we arrived we quickly noticed a lot of other “Looper”…
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Learning New Things
It was an uneventful yet very eventful few days all at the same time…. We learned that most if not all of the Toronto area marinas want you to have a 2 million dollar insurance policy! We found one on Friday that was willing to take us for one night though ours isn’t quite that…
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The Welland Canal
27.6 miles, 11 hours, 8 locks, 327 foot descent, 2 very tired people…and 1 fluff who is just happy to be included 😄. Well this one was quite a long day of travel. Though we didn’t have a great distance to go, it was slow going. Max speed was 6 knots. We entered the canal…
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Day 1!!!!
Well we successfully set off on our new adventure! My dad, Don’s mom and Uncle Tom came down to see us off. It was a pretty simple first day. We left North Tonawanda and came straight to Port Colborne Canada. It was a beautiful day and smooth “sailing”. Although Skis’s bed is in the back,…
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And we’re off! The day has finally come, we are ready to shove off and let the adventure begin!
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Don & Rachel's Great Loop AdventurE 