The Great Loop

My first blog for this site, short and sweet, is a shout out to my friends from the Saratoga Lake Sailing Club, Terry and Joanne Fraser. Last week (1st week of July), they began their 1-year journey through America's Great Loop. They started on the Hudson River and will continue through the Erie Canal to Great Lakes to the Mississippi River system to the Gulf of Mexico, around or through Florida (with planned side trip across the Gulf Stream to the Bahamas) Up the east coast and eventually back up the Hudson. 

Heavy Rains slowed their start through the locks along the Erie Canal. I met them in Oswego, NY today (July 13), and caught up and discussed their plans. 

Update (8/17/17): The are making their way across Lake Huron, after transiting the canal system in Canada from Lake Ontario.

The attached photo is their boat, Courageous, tied to the wall at the mouth of the Oswego River (which empties into Lake Ontario). Follow their journey on their blog, http://mvcourageous.blogspot.com/. - Glenn

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