Ahoy friends and family🙂!
It feels fantastic to be back aboard Thistle for the ☀️summer! Our plan is to complete a “Mini Loop” over the next few months. We are excited to have this opportunity, and revisit some of our favorite ports and people from previous boating adventures.
For those of you who have been wondering…Yes, there is a real syndrome called “Looper Withdraw”. After finishing the Great American Loop last summer it took us awhile adjusting to land life. We missed the boating lifestyle, Looper friends and Thistle. Now is our chance to experience that euphoria again, and are back aboard Thistle ♥️ for the summer .
On June 29th we flew from Los Angeles to Syracuse. After spending the night in Skaneateles (a favorite little NY town) we were off to see Thistle. She spent the long cold winter inside a heated building a Winter Harbor Marina in Brewerton, NY.
Thistle SpLaShEd 💦 down on July 1st. We spent the next three days on the Marina Docks, with our Looper Friends aboard Tyre-less (who splashed the same day). We had plenty of good stories and laughs, while provisioning and preparing for the summer. The four of us celebrated with a delicious BBQ aboard Tyre-less, complete with hometown fireworks. The highlight of the evening was the spectacular ⚡️firefly 🦗show right next to our boats that continued throughout the night!
July 4th 🇺🇸was our first travel day back aboard Thistle. We went about 15 miles along the Erie Canal, from Brewerton to Liverpool. Luckily🍀, there was only one lock to practice our skills. We spent two days in Liverpool (a suburb of Syracuse). July 4th was an all American Day including: the Syracuse Mets ⚾️baseball game, 🌭hot dogs, 🍺beer and 🧨fireworks …(A BIG Thank you to Greg 😍).
The next morning we got up before sunrise and started our journey from Liverpool to Oswego, navigating all seven locks on the Oswego Canal. Then spending two nights in Oswego with more fireworks💥and watched the 🇺🇸USA Women’s ⚽️soccer team win the FIFA Cup!
On July 7th we crossed Lake Ontario with two other Looper boats. Once across the Lake (a very smooth crossing👍) we docked at Confederation Basin in Kingston, 🇨🇦Canada. There we cleared Canadian Customs and received our Port Number for summer travel aboard Thistle.
Weather permitting, tomorrow we plan to travel down the Saint Lawrence River to Gananoque.
FYI …We are acclimating back to boat-life very quickly ♥️.
Thanks for traveling with us this summer XO.
Summer 2019 …The “Mini Loop” 🙂
Starting at the 🔵 blue dot traveling clockwise.
Captain Greg placing a new Zinc on Thistle’s prop 🔧shaft.
💦 SpLaSh💦!
The city of Brewerton is located near the former Fort Brewerton.
The Fort was erected in 1759 to defend passage from Albany to Oswego.
Celebrating 🇨🇦Canada Day & 🇺🇸Independence Day Together 🙂🙂!
Fireworks 🧨 !
Captain Greg filling Thistle with 🛢diesel.
Happy Birthday 🎂🇺🇸❗️
4th of July ⚾️ baseball game!
Liverpool is located on Lake Onondaga.
The area was originally settled by the Iroquois, starting in the 16 century.
Sunrise on The Erie Canal.
Oswego Canal.
Evidence of extremely high water levels.
(Flooding into the parking lot and over docks.)
Oswego Lighthouse on Lake Ontario.
The view from our slip at Confederation Basin in Kingston🇨🇦.
Kingston sits on the Eastern shore of Lake Ontario,
at the junction of the Saint Lawrence River and Rideau Canal.
Kingston is nicknamed “Limestone City” because of many
heritage buildings constructed out of limestone.
I am the KING 👑!
We purchased our Seasonal Mooring and Lockage Permits.
Kingston was the first Capitol of Canada.
French explorer Samuel de Champlain visited the Kingston area in 1615.
There is a new App called Nebo, you can follow us by downloading the App.
(Thistle circled in red.)
Our journey this week...Brewerton, Liverpool, Oswego and Kingston.
Smiling 😃😁
Fireworks 💥over Fort Frontenac Kingston.
The Fort was established in 1673 as a trading post and military base.
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