August 11-14

We had been warned that the local TV station in Burlington might want to cover our story and if so would call us and come and film us at the boat launch on the Burlington waterfront.  We waited for the call and decided that just in case they did call we would go to the location they would want to meet with us at the waterfront. We waited there while I talked on the phone to several other media representatives and returned messages I had not heard for several days. Not having heard from the TV station and seeing no break in the weather pattern we decided to return to our home for a few days until things changed.

On return home I assessed the damage done to my blueberry crop by our resident black bear. I am afraid that he and his many wild turkey friends had not left me any of the blueberries I had hoped to gorge on when we returned.

Now it has been a full five days since we landed at unfriendly Cedar Beach and it is time to return to take up the voyage where we left it. We are still ahead of the estimated schedule I had made with only about 60 more miles to go to get to the Canadian Border.

But a five-day rest has me itching to get back into the swing and feel of our boat heading north.