Category: Great Lakes
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Before We Sailed….
(Originally published in 2012) Sailing – our first time Back prior to about 1990 Annie and I really didn’t have any designs on becoming sailors. We both loved vacationing and visiting the coast. In Michigan we enjoyed Traverse City on Lake Michigan, and when we traveled to Florida, in addition to the expected trips to…
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Learning to Sail
(Originally published in 2012) Back in 1993, after our third trip to the Caribbean, our second camping trip in Tortola where we once again went on a charter trip with Captain Paul aboard the Island Girl, his 44 foot CSY cutter, Annie and I came home with a mission. It was time to get a sailboat.…
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Leaving the Great Lakes Behind
(Originally published in 2012) It was July of 1999 and the time had arrived for our greatly anticipated departure from the Great Lakes, the first step in our great southbound sojourn. I had put my temporary relief work position on hold for three months that summer for the trip. Prior to our departure we spent…
