Author Archives: Pat

Vergennes is a cute, small town, known as the Little City, Big Heart. The Main Street has attractive clothing stores, art shops, restaurants. But, this Main Street is also Rt.22a which is a major route through Vermont. Hence, huge tractor trailers are barreling up and down the street shifting gears noisily and detracting from theContinueContinue reading “Rest and Stress (again)”

Maybe a bit of an exaggeration. But it didn’t feel like an exaggeration at the time. We cruised out of Chipman Point around 10am and headed north on Lake Champlain to Big Otter Creek. this would be a picture to paint, wouldn’t it? Just before entering the Creek we drifted a bit in order toContinueContinue reading ““That which does not kill us, makes us stronger” Friedrich Nietzsche”

We set out shortly before 9am in the dinghy to motor up to Fort Ticonderoga, about a 3 mile trip up the Lake. The wind was fairly significant but was at our back so no issues. Very few boats out on a wide, deep lake–very relaxing cruising, even though it was a bit cool. WhenContinueContinue reading “Ticonderoga Dinghy Adventure”

Yesterday, Thursday the 24th, we went through the final 5 locks connecting the Hudson River with Lake Champlain. The low bridges continued to be our nemesis. We are feeling a bit more comfortable about locking and I handled them from midship as I would if we were without our friends. The Hudson River had niceContinueContinue reading “Vermont here we come…”

We relaxed in Fort Edward today without moving the boat. We took the dinghy & the bikes for rides. Jim and I rode along the Champlain Canal Trailway. Quite lovely. The town has seen more vibrant days, but its’ town dock, history & trailway made it a good stop. There are many older towns likeContinueContinue reading “Day off”

We left Shady Harbor Marina at 9am, later than we would wish but we had to fuel up and it wasn’t open earlier. 250 gallons of fuel, septic pumped out and we were ready to tackle the locks. Or not– within an hour of leaving the dock we were boarded by the Coast Guard, forContinueContinue reading “Lock-a-Mania”

Shady Harbor Marina has a pool, fuel, pumpout, loaner car, laundry & a restaurant. It is a good spot to get prepared for the Locks we need to pass through on our way up to Lake Champlain. Friends Kevin & Pat joined us today to be an extra set of hands for that adventure asContinueContinue reading “Getting Ready for Our First Locks”

Not much further up the Hudson, we spent today at Roundout Creek. What made us choose this stop is that we wanted a night on anchor and this fit the bill. Staying at a marina is like being in a hotel while on anchor is a bit more like camping, but better. While on anchorContinueContinue reading “Up the Creek… with a paddle (& an engine)”

This morning we cruised just under 3 hours up the Hudson to a very small marina chosen for its proximity to the Culinary Institute of America, as well as being on our route. The marina did not have many slips for boats our size so we are docked on the fuel dock/bulkhead, on the river.ContinueContinue reading “Up The Hudson”

Today was full of friends, old and new. Particularly after the ‘year of isolation’ all of this mingling feels delightful. Sanzari marina friends Dennis & Jane visited. We went to the Croton Gorge Park and saw this beautiful Dam, completed in 1906. According to THE HARTFORD COURANT, reporting on this ‘engineering wonder’ , “It’s alsoContinueContinue reading “FRIENDS”