Finally Home (or, There and Back Again)

After 309 days off the dock, the good ship September Dream and crew have returned home from an amazing trip to the Bahamas and back.

Merrickville (2014-05-18)

N44° 54.992'm W75° 50.283'

Tonight finds us tied up at the blue line above the Merrickville locks, enjoying our last night on the boat before we get home.

Newboro (2014-05-17)

N44° 38.756', W76° 19.326'

Today finds us at the dock at Newboro Lock.

Kingston Mills (2014-05-15)

N44° 17.421', W76° 26.641'

Tonight finds us tied up at the lower dock of the Kingston Mills Lock.  Back on the Rideau!

Some blog changes

Just a quick note to let everyone know about some changes I've made to the blog.

First off, you may have noticed that I've been putting labels on my posts for the last few weeks.  While you could always search for specific info in the blog by using the "search" box (top left column), this will now allow you to find posts grouped by the labels.  There's now a label widget at the bottom of the left column with all of the labels I've used.  I'm going to be going back over older posts and adding labels to them as well.

Next, I've added a couple non blog post pages.  These are listed in the left column.  One is just a bullet list of info about the boat.  The second one, and more interesting one (IMHO :)) is the "How We Do It" page.  There's a few prospective topics listed, as well as a couple I've already written about.  Now that we're almost home and our cruising life will relax for at least a few weeks I hope to find the time to finish these posts while the info is still fresh in my mind.

Cedar Island (2014-05-12)

N44° 13.651', W76° 27.148'

Tonight finds us peacefully tied to the western dock on Cedar Island.  We are very happy to finally be back home in Canada.

Oswego NY (2014-05-09)

N43° 27.181', W76° 30.389'

Today finds us in Oswego NY, tied to the canal wall between locks 7 and 8.  Today is also day 300 since we cast off the lines and headed out on this adventure!

Phoenix NY (2014-05-08)

N43° 13.669', W76° 17.944'

Tonight finds us tied to the free town dock in Phoenix NY.  We're now one travel day away from being done on the Erie Canal, and being ready to cross Lake Ontario back to Canada.

Sylvan Beach NY (2014-05-07)

N43° 11.697', W75° 43.773'

Tonight finds us tied to the city free dock wall in Sylvan Beach NY.

Waterford NY (2014-05-02)

N42° 47.273', W73° 40.810'

Yesterday at just before 1900 we arrived at the Waterford visitor center and tied up to the dock.  The Hudson River is now behind us, and only the Erie Canal lies ahead of us before returning to Canada.

Kingston NY (2014-05-01)

N41° 55.174', W73° 58.759'

Tonight finds us tied to the dock at the Steel House Restaurant in Kingston NY.