Links to Waukeelog Great Loop Articles
I was contacted by the Waukegan Power Squadron to write a series of articles designed to inspire others to cruise America’s Great Loop. Here are links to eight chapters.
In chapter one I described our journey from Waukegan, Illinois to Green Turtle Bay in Grand Rivers, Kentucky. Starts on page four.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mCOo7HEE1PaHti0sHZrVk_vUK6J6EIfL/view
In chapter two I described our journey on the rivers from Green Turtle Bay, Kentucky to Mobile, Alabama. Starts on page seven.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jveb3asdGlVUGCK2hWIteyhgr9utKlqu/view
In chapter three I described our journey from Mobile Bay along the Florida panhandle and crossed the Gulf of Mexico to the west coast of Florida. Then we cruised to Key West. Starts on page four.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a_TFtkvZrwKpCpKM5i7hylDSPnlsSuMr/view
In chapter four I described our adventures in Key West and our cruise to Marathon and Fort Lauderdale. Next we cruised to the Bahamas for a month and then to Stuart, FL. Starts on page seven.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VrhXcppozbfOUjgwRLP_2xpekKhNL1r-/view
In chapter five I described our cruise from Stuart, Florida up the AICW to Norfolk, Virginia including the Dismal Swamp Canal. Starts on page nine.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LC1olXq_Z3DWg8X1uzQBKOZJC_D8M_X4/view
In chapter six I described our cruise from Norfolk, Virginia through the Chesapeake Bay and up the Hudson River to the Erie Canal. Starts on page six.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/14j7b5iP5i8DIGG6cvXdX5WIFG1KYiRXO/view
In chapter seven I described our cruise on the Erie Canal to the Oswego Canal across Lake Ontario and locking thru the Trent Severn Waterway to Georgian Bay. Starts on page 10.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GuY9iqCN6jQbNJ3D2gr412B4teIaDAaJ/view
In the eighth and final chapter I describe our cruise through Georgian Bay and the North Channel of Lake Huron over to Door County, down the west coast of Lake Michigan and finally crossing our wake in Waukegan, Illinois. Starts on page 6.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11ChSzx-F3OG_EJVP8uyRX8QZhv5rvnEx/view
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Here is chapter one of the series in the US Power Squadron magazine called the Ensign. The article starts on page 25 and details our cruise on the inland rivers from Waukegan, Illinois to Green Turtle Bay in Grand Rivers, Kentucky
Here is chapter two of the series in the US Power Squadron magazine called the Ensign. The article starts on page 30 and details our cruise on the inland rivers from Green Turtle Bay in Grand Rivers, Kentucky to Mobile, Alabama.
Here is chapter three of the series - http://www.theensign.org/imags/fall2020/ - This article starts on page 22 and details our cruise from Mobile Bay along the Florida panhandle, crossing the Gulf of Mexico to Florida and ending up in Key West.
Here is chapter four of the series - http://www.theensign.org/imags/winter2021/?mc_cid=be1e460ee7&mc_eid=0637a02491 - this article starts on page 24 and details our cruise from Key West to Fort Lauderdale to the Bahamas ending up in Stuart, Florida.
Here is chapter five of the series - https://theensign.org/imags/spring2021/ - the article starts on page 32 and details our cruise from Stuart, Florida to Norfolk, Virginia.
Here is chapter six of the series - https://theensign.org/imags/summer2021/?mc_cid=274965bd0f&mc_eid=0637a02491 - the article starts on page 20 and details our cruise from Norfolk, Virginia, to Troy, New York.
Here is chapter seven of the series - https://theensign.org/imags/fall2021/?mc_cid=ee8e801cc7&mc_eid=0637a02491- the article starts on page 45 and details our cruise on the Erie Canal across Lake Ontario through the Trent Severn Waterway to Georgian Bay.
Here is chapter eight of the series - https://theensign.org/imags/winter2022/?mc_cid=bd8af9957a&mc_eid=0637a02491 - the article starts on page 27 and details our cruise from Georgian Bay to Waukegan, IL where we cross our wake and complete America’s Great Loop.