Where are we going?

Here's a map, which may be hard to read, but if you double click on the picture, it should enlarge and be easier to read.

We leave Ft. Myers, FL and head South around the tip of Florida (map is wrong), head up the East coast to the Chesapeake. There we cruise with our Gulf Harbour Yacht Club for a week, then goNorth past New Jersey and into New York harbor. We continue up the Hudson River to the Erie Canal and into Lake Ontario. Entering Canada, we cruise westward on the Trent Severn Waterway to Georgian Bay and to the northern tip of Michigan. Finally heading South down the coast of Michigan to Chicago. There we proceed down the Illinois river to St. Louis for a stop to see grandkids and friends.

After leaving St. Louis we go down the Mississippi to the Ohio river and into the Kentucky Lakes. Down the Tennessee river and the Tombigbee waterway to Mobile Bay. Following the coast, we cruise East to Carrabelle, FL where we jump 170 miles over to the west coast of Florida near Tarpon Springs. Then down the coast and back to Ft. Myers. There we will have traveled about 6,000 miles and as the cruisers say, " we'll cross our wake", completing the "Great Loop".