Kay
Big Chute
The penultimate finale to our voyage through the Trent-Severn Waterway was the Big Chute Marine Railway at Lock 44. We had been looking...
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WELCOME TO AT EASE ON ADAGIO
Boating Adventures with Charles and Kay Mortimer
Join us on the Adagio as we travel The Great Loop - a 6,000-mile nautical journey around the eastern third of the United States.
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AT EASE ON ADAGIO
Charles and Kay Mortimer's Boating Adventures on The Great Loop
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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover.
Mark Twain
Kay
- Jul 5, 2022
- 2 min
Loonies, Toonies, and Canada Day
Image Source: Britannica Originally settled by the French, Canada came under British control after the French and Indian War in 1763. ...
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Kay
- Jul 4, 2022
- 1 min
Peterborough Lock
At Lock 21 on the Trent Severn sits the massive Peterborough Lock, the largest lift lock in the world. Captain Charles has been watching...
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Kay
- Jul 4, 2022
- 1 min
Canada’s Erie Canal
The Trent Severn Waterway begins at Trenton on Lake Ontario and continues northwesterly for 240 miles to the Georgian Bay of Lake Huron. ...
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Kay
- Jun 26, 2022
- 1 min
Oh, Canada!
Adagio entered Canada just south of the St. Lawrence Seaway at Kingston, Ontario. First settled by the French in the early 1600's,...
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Kay
- Jun 24, 2022
- 2 min
Thousand Island - Not Just a Salad Dressing
Do you remember the days before the plethora of vinaigrettes and honey mustards when there were only three or four salad dressings from...
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Kay
- Jun 23, 2022
- 2 min
Niagara!
A thunderous roar and a column of mist rising far above the rocky cliffs of the Niagara River portend the iconic wonder that is Niagara...
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Kay
- Jun 23, 2022
- 2 min
Finger Lakes
To keep things easy for a few days after the ICU excursion, we decided to tour New York's Finger Lakes by car. Carved by glaciers over...
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Kay
- Jun 21, 2022
- 2 min
Side Trip to the ICU
Shortly after finishing the Erie Canal, I came down with Covid. Thankfully it was a mild case, and, while I'm grateful to have had a...
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Kay
- Jun 21, 2022
- 1 min
"Low Bridge, Everybody Down...!"
"Low Bridge, Everybody Down...Fifteen Miles on the Erie Canal," goes the refrain from the Erie Canal Song, composed in 1905 by Thomas...
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Kay
- Jun 5, 2022
- 1 min
Lake Placid and the Adirondacks
With Adagio docked in Troy, New York, the Hughes and the Mortimers set out by car to tour the Adirondack Mountains north of Albany. At...
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Kay
- Jun 1, 2022
- 1 min
The River That Flows Both Ways
Searching for a shorter route to India In 1609, Dutch explorer Henry Hudson sailed from the Atlantic coast into a beautiful valley formed...
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Kay
- May 29, 2022
- 1 min
Kykuit and Union Church
Because of its proximity to New York City, the lower Hudson River Valley features a diverse spectrum of architecture ranging from the...
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Kay
- May 28, 2022
- 2 min
Cadets, Culinary Arts, and Headless Horsemen
After bidding Peter and Andrea farewell, we returned by train to Croton-on-Hudson, a lovely village 35 miles north of Manhattan. Using...
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Kay
- May 27, 2022
- 1 min
Museum-Hopping in NYC
With Adagio securely docked about 35 miles north of Manhattan in Croton-on-Hudson, we spent three days in NYC with Laura's in-laws, Peter...
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Kay
- May 27, 2022
- 2 min
9/11 Memorial
Perhaps no other event in our lifetime has so shattered our sense of security as the attack on the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center...
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Kay
- May 26, 2022
- 2 min
Statue of Liberty
After anchoring off the coast of nearby New Jersey, we cruised under the Verrazzano Bridge into New York Harbor. Thick morning fog and...
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Kay
- May 18, 2022
- 1 min
Atlantic City to New York
While Kay returned to Jackson for a weekend baby shower, Adagio and Dashaway, our Houston friends' boat, found a weather window to cruise...
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Kay
- May 18, 2022
- 2 min
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
From Annapolis Adagio cruised to Haver de Grace, Maryland on the far northern shore of Chesapeake Bay and then east through the 14-mile...
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Kay
- May 5, 2022
- 1 min
Annapolis
Adagio docked for a few days in Annapolis, Maryland where we toured the city's charming colonial streets and the US Naval Academy. ...
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