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LAKES – LOCKS – LONG RIVER — 1-18 SEPTEMBER 2019 – PART 7 – ROCHESTER, NY, and THE OSWEGO CANAL
I last left you as the GRANDE MARINER entered Lake Ontario around 2PM on Tuesday, 10 September. Arrival at our next stop was just after midnight in Rochester, New York on the Genesee River. Departure on 11 September was scheduled … Continue reading
Posted in Erie Canal, LAKES - LOCKS - LONG RIVER -- 1-18 SEPTEMBER 2019
Tagged Erie Canal, Locks, NY, Oswego, OSWEGO CANAL
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LAKES – LOCKS – LONG RIVER — 1-18 SEPTEMBER 2019 – PART 6 – WELLAND CANAL – CANADA
I bet you have never thought how ships get up and over Niagara Falls. I never had either. On the Niagara River, from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario (or visa versa), there is about 170 feet of elevation to negotiate … Continue reading
Posted in LAKES - LOCKS - LONG RIVER -- 1-18 SEPTEMBER 2019
Tagged Canada, Locks, WELLAND CANAL
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LAKES – LOCKS – LONG RIVER — 1-18 SEPTEMBER 2019 – PART 5 – PORT VISITS: CLEVELAND and BUFFALO
We are close, very close, to LOCKS, LOCKS and more LOCKS – just two more days. But first there were port visits in Cleveland and Buffalo on Lake Erie. Leaving Wyandotte, Michigan about midnight on 7 September, the GRANDE MARINER … Continue reading
LAKES – LOCKS – LONG RIVER — 1-18 SEPTEMBER 2019 – PART 4 – GREENFIELD VILLAGE 7 September
If you have been “traveling with me” on these posts, you know the Grande Mariner left Mackinac Island at 5AM on 6 September. The sixth was devoted to cruising down Lake Huron towards Detroit. Lots of blue scenery that became … Continue reading
LAKES – LOCKS – LONG RIVER — 1-18 SEPTEMBER 2019 – PART 3 – UNDERWAY, WISCONSIN and MACKINAC ISLAND
Tuesday, September 3, everyone on-board and 6PM underway from Burnham Harbor in Chicago. past Chicago, heading north on Lake Michigan good night Chicago, time to settle into a routine for the next fifteen days aboard Blount Small Ship Adventure’s Grande … Continue reading
LAKES – LOCKS – LONG RIVER — 1-18 SEPTEMBER 2019 – PART 2 – CHICAGO
Moving right along on my “epic journey” (complete menu at end of post). I arrived at Union Station in Chicago around 11AM on Monday 2 September (Labor Day) not much more than an hour behind schedule. I scurried out to … Continue reading
LAKES – LOCKS – LONG RIVER — 1-18 SEPTEMBER 2019 – GENESIS
You may think this adventure impulsive since from learning of this trip to taking this trip was just weeks. It was a perfect fit for adventures “on my lists” and fit my time schedule. It is all the previous thought … Continue reading
THREE PINES REDUX – 15 – 17 AUGUST 2019
Remember IN SEARCH OF THREE PINES, QC, CANADA – 14-16 AUGUST 2018? Well, repeat, albeit different, explorations took place a year and a day later. Same conspirators, different routes, different adventures, but same Auberge with the most inviting porch with a … Continue reading
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Tagged Auberge Knowlton, knowlton QC, Magog, Orford Express tourist train, QC, Three Pines
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NOSTALGIA and HISTORY EXPLORATIONS – 25-26 JULY 2019
For awhile my cousins and I had planned to visit, and it finally worked out on Thursday, 25 July, I headed to my aunt’s home in Mystic, Connecticut, Steve arrived from Colorado, and Debbie came by ferry from Block Island. … Continue reading
EASTERN ERIE CANAL and MORE – 14-16 JULY 2019
After my return from Buffalo in May I knew I had to get back to Erie Canal explorations sooner rather than later. I need more of Buffalo, and having now spent three more days on the eastern portion of the … Continue reading
Shunpiking with Ray 