We traveled 2 hours and 13 minutes from Saint Ours lock wall to Marina Emerillon. Our next travel day will be to Montreal, we will be fighting a big current in the St. Lawrence River and we decided to travel a few hours today to get a head start on tomorrows travels. We stayed at …
We traveled 3 hours and 59 minutes or 26.1 NM from Chambly lock wall to Saint Ours lock wall. We traveled across Chambly Lake and entered the Riviera Richelieu. This river will empty into the St. Lawrence River and we will head towards Montreal. Saint Ours town was 4 miles away from our free …
We traveled 2 hours and 21 minutes on the Chambly Canal and docked on the wall after Lock 1. We went under the lift bridge as a group of 4, the locks are small and only 2 boats were allowed at a time. Red Rover and No Agenda locked through first. The same locking crew …
We traveled 8 hours and 8 minutes or 53.8 NM to Chambly dock, south of Lock 9 on the Chambly Canal. We also went through Canadian Customs! We stayed on the free dock in St. Jean Sur Richelieu Harbor. A short distance from Burlington we entered the Chambly Canal system. We stopped at Canadian Customs. …
We traveled 4 hours and 56 minutes or 29.1 NM to reach Ferry dock Marina in Burlington, VT. We planned on staying one or two nights in Burlington, but the winds and waves were predicted to be unpleasant so we stayed for 3 nights. Burlington was a great stop. The downtown area was close to …
We traveled 4 hours and 53 minutes from Whitehall, NY to Bulwagga Bay, Lake Champlain. The Lake was absolutely beautiful. Parts of the lake are over 300 foot deep! We passed Fort Ticonderoga and His Majesty’s Fort at Crown Point (ruins). Fort Ticonderoga was the first offensive victory for American forces in the Revolutionary War. …
We traveled 3 hours and 38 minutes, or 21 NM to Whitehall, NY. The town had a park with free dockage. We were traveling with 3 other boats, Chris and Laura on Miracle, Swen and Katja on Rykher, No Agenda, and Shelly and Chuck on Chaniel. We had some excitement in the locks! Our bow …
The bridge down on the Erie Canal was not going to be fixed very quickly, the state was bringing in a crane to lift the bridge for boats to pass under once or twice per week. We decided to take the Champlain canal route. This route added 33 Locks, 310 miles and 23 travel …
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We spent the morning doing laundry and I got my hair cut and colored. After lunch we had to send Mary Lou to the Albany Airport to catch her flight back to St. Louis. A visit from Mary Lou is , to quote my mother, “like a shot in the arm”! It was great visiting …
New York State Museum, Albany New York We traveled 6 hours and 59 minutes or 47.2 NM to reach Albany Yacht Club o the Hutson River. We were a short Uber ride from downtown Albany and we went to see the sights, including the New York State Museum, The State Capitol Building and the Plaza. …