Orinoco finishes Great Loop Cruise

Orinoco and crew of three, Robert, Patty, Maggi Wonder Dog have completed the Great Loop going from Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin on the Great Lake Michigan through downtown Chicago on the Illinois River to join the Mississippi close to St Louis.
We traveled down the Mississippi to the Ohio and turned East to go upstream on the Ohio to the Cumberland River which joined the Tennessee and the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway to the Gulf of Mexico at Mobile, Alabama.
Across the panhandle of Florida to jump off into the big waters of the Gulf of Mexico and arrive at Tarpon Springs, Florida.  Down the West Coast of Florida to Lake Okchobee and across to Stuart, Florida.
After a trip of three months to the Bahamas, we headed back to Florida and then up the East Coast to NYC.

From the trip to New York City, we headed North up the Hudson River to the beginning of the Erie Canal.
We removed the canvas top and dropped the mast to do the Erie Canal due to the low bridge clearance on the Western end.  The trip from Troy to Buffalo took us about three weeks.
Across the wide waters of  Lake Erie to Put In Bay then on to the Detroit River to join Lake St. Clair and then Lake Hudson which led up to Macknac Island on Lake Michigan.

Grandsons Riley,Corey, Aaron,Connor enjoy a month on the boat from Cape May to New York City

On September 15, 2009 we arrived where we started at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.  We had finished the Great Loop!!
                                                  Patty,Robert and Maggi Show off the Gold Burgee
                                                  at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

This adventure is now complete.  We went up and down the interior rivers 5 times, went to New Orleans and Houston once, the Bahamas twice and enjoyed living and cruising on the waters for 4 years.

The new adventure starts now with the boat moved via truck to Olympia, Washington in the Puget Sound.  We are looking forward to the new waters to explore here and in Canada and on to Alaska.