Norma Jean (Woellhart) Martin and her  husband (Bud), I took a 3,000 mile journey on the boat that's in the background.

The end of August, 2004, my husband Bud and I departed Sandusky, OH, on Lake Erie aboard our 36-foot trawler. (We live in Huntsville, AL, but had purchased the cruiser in Ohio.) We crossed Lake Erie, Lake St. Clair, and Lake Huron, and then headed east across Canada's North Channel, Georgian Bay, and Trent Severn Waterway (our favorite part of the trip). We then crossed Lake Ontario, entering the New York canal system at Oswego. We traveled the Erie "Barge Canal" and the Hudson River to New York City, then headed down the east coast and the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) to the Florida Keys, our final destination. We traveled 3,000 miles, transiting 76 locks, seeing beautiful scenery, experiencing some rather exciting weather and sea conditions, and meeting lots of really neat people. It was a beautiful, exciting "adventure of a lifetime."
The boat is presently stored in inland Florida, awaiting our return this fall to continue cruising in the Florida Keys.

What an adventure!

God Bless America!