August 31st to September 6th, 2025. In Burlington, VT. We didn’t travel with the boat at all this week (except for the couple of feet from our slip to the fuel dock and back), so our trip total is still 2,863 miles. We had a great road trip back to New Hampshire and an excellent visit with my sister!
August 24th to August 30th, 2025. From Quebec City, QC to Burlington, VT, USA!.
We traveled 273 miles this week, bringing our total to 2,390 miles so far. We cruised from Quebec City, up the St. Lawrence to the Richelieu River, then headed south through the Chambly Canal, and returned to the United States (after an unplanned detour for a customs inspection). We’ve arrived in Burlington, Vermont, on the shores of Lake Champlain.
August 17th to August 23rd, 2025. From Montreal, QC to Quebec City, QC. We traveled 160 miles this week, bringing our total to 2,153 miles so far. We reached Quebec City, the farthest North and East that we’ve been on the boat, and the turnaround point of our trip. Quebec City was a delightful and beautiful place with a visible history going back 400 years. We visited Montmorency Falls, a spectacular waterfall just outside the city that is taller than Niagara Falls, and visited many other historical sites. Quebec City is definitely a recommended visit, either by boat or car!
August 10th to August 16th, 2025. From Ottawa/Gatineau (Hull), QC to Montreal, QC. We traveled 136 miles this week, bringing our total to 1,992 miles so far. We have finished with locks for a few weeks until we start our return trip down the Champlain Canal to Burlington, Vermont, and New York City. WOO HOO! No more lock pictures for a while! (Well, maybe one, but that is a special one you will hear about next week.) We had our first night off the boat for a while in the world’s largest log hotel, and spent some time in Montreal.
August 3rd to August 9th, 2025. From Smiths Falls, ON to Ottawa, ON. We traveled 63 miles this week, bringing our total to 1,856 miles so far. We completed the Rideau Canal reaching Ottawa, and almost didn’t make it out of the Ottawa Step Locks when we got wedged in a Lock with two other boats (not our fault)! We crossed from Ontario into Quebec Province and are sightseeing in Ottawa and Gatineau (Hull).
July 27th to August 2nd, 2025. From Kingston, ON to City, ST. We traveled 75 miles this week, bringing our total to 1,793 miles so far. We are taking our time on the Rideau Canal, one of our favorite areas on the Great Loop. We’ve done 17 locks and are about halfway through. We have visited some great small towns and participated in an Old Home Week celebration.
July 20th to July 26th, 2025. From Brewerton, NY to Kingston, Ontario We traveled 88 miles this week, bringing our total to 1,719 miles so far. We finished the Eastern Erie Canal and the Oswego Canal, then crossed Lake Ontario into Canada! (Yes, they let us in!) The end of my dipstick fell off, causing a bit of a panic. Then we spent the week in Kingston, Ontario, one of our favorite cities on the Loop, waiting for the weekly bridge opening so that we can start our trip up the Rideau Canal.
July 13th to July 19th, 2025. From Troy, NY to Brewerton, NY. We traveled 158 miles this week, bringing our total to 1,630 miles so far. We have completed all but one lock and 9 miles before we leave the Erie Canal and turn onto the Oswego Canal. We dodged a bullet after hitting a water pipe and had an enjoyable weekend in Brewerton, NY, at Ess-Kay Yards Marina. On Monday, we travel to Oswego, NY, and on Tuesday, we cross Lake Ontario to Kingston, Ontario, where we will start the Rideau Canal.
July 6th to July 12th, 2025. From Croton-on-Hudson, NY to Troy, NY. We traveled 117 miles this week, for a total of 1,476 miles so far. We are made it to Troy, NY, just south of the entrance to the Erie Canal where we leave the Hudson until our trip down the Champlain Canal in September.
June 29th to July 5th, 2025. From Cape May, NJ, to Croton-on-Hudson, NY. We traveled 172 miles this week for1,180 miles total. We survived our Ocean Voyage and our first real storm of the trip.
June 22nd, 2025 to June 28th. From Solomons, MD to Cape May, NJ. We traveled 218 miles this week, bringing our total to 1,206 miles so far. We made our way up the Chesapeake Bay, through the C&D Canal, and down the Delaware Bay to Cape May, New Jersey, where we will travel outside in the Atlantic for two days next week on our way to New York City and the Hudson River.
May 17th, 2025 to May 21th. From Hampton, VA to Solomons, MD. We traveled 105 miles this week, for a total of 924 miles so far. We traveled 1 day. The rudder post repair seems to be working well. The small drip we were having has stopped. We had our batteries replaced in Solomons and enjoyed getting readjusted to sleeping on the boat.
June 8th, 2025 to June 16th. Another long week of waiting; however, after 30 days out of the water, we finally got the boat back! We held off on publishing the blog until Monday, so that we could share the good news!
Next week, we continue our trip, with our first stop in Solomons, Maryland, to catch up with some friends and pick up the new batteries that we never got to while we were in Hampton.
June 1st, 2025 to June 7th. It was another week of keeping ourselves occupied in Hampton, VA. We got to do a bit of sightseeing and had some local excitement with helicopters landing on the roof next door. We got to visit with some old friends, and hope to catch back up with them soon. Progress is finally being made on the boat! The old fiberglass is all cut away, and the new layers are being laid in. We hope to be back in the water by the end of next week.