Captain and first mate of the Picobello are back home in Arthur Ont. Canada. We are grateful to Kathy and Harold Rogers of the Sonsie of Meaford, who gave us a ride back home so we could pick up our vehicle .
The plans are to take our own transportation back to Annapolis (where the Picobello is docked) and prepare to get her hauled in due time and be winterized for a overwintering in the Annapolis area.
It is indeed a pleasure meeting all the people we have met so far on the loop. It has greatly enriched our lives!!!!
We especially want to thank the Huggins who have made their private dock our home for the last few weeks, while we were waiting for word on the flooding situation on the Erie canal. We can not transit the other route home (the Champlain) as we are too high to get under some of the fixed bridges. Our only option is to wait for the canal to open again, which will not happen for possibly 2 months. Once it opens again (if it opens again this season) we will not have enough time to make it home in time for other commitments we have in the fall.
So God willing, we will continue our loop next year, and arrive back in our home port in beautiful Georgian Bay!!!