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Topics: Planning
Java Juice Sponsors the Around the Great Lakes Expedition
The Around the Great Lakes Expedition is proud to have Java Juice as a sponsor. Java Juice is coffee in a package. It’s fast, easy, and delicious. Just add water … coffee’s ready. I’ve been using Java Juice on my personal trips over the past couple of years and have found it the easiest and [...]
Topics: Planning, Sponsoring Companies
Maps, Charts, Topos for the Great Lakes
I’ve been getting some questions about the maps I’ll be using on the Around the Great Lakes Expedition. For several reasons, including unwieldy chart books, a desire for more detailed shoreline maps, and the cost of government printed topos, I’ve decided to make my own. The maps I’ll be producing for this trip will be [...]
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Twitter is going to be an important part of the expedition. I’m planning on using the good cell phone service surrounding much of the route to post tweets to Twitter, which will in turn show up on this website or for anyone following me via Twitter. The easy part of this is I can simply [...]
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Lake Erie to Lake Ontario
The Welland Canal is a shipping canal that connects Lake Erie and Lake Ontario and it seems like it would be the perfect way to transit between the lakes, except that the canal isn’t open to paddlers. From the The St. Lawrence Seaway Pleasure Craft Guide: In the interest of safety, craft of less than [...]
Topics: Expedition, Planning
Electronics
Carrying electronics on an expedition requires special care and planning to not only keep them dry, but also functioning with enough battery power. I’m planning on carrying a good amount of electronics. This is what I’m planning on carrying: A small netbook style computer with 7 to 8 hours of battery life. Camera One: Canon [...]
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Initial Planning
The initial planning of this trip involves using Google Earth to gain an overview of the routes and then zooming in to plan Legs. Each leg of the trip is working out to be between 75 to 125 miles initially or about 5 days of travel. Each week, I’m increasing the distance of a leg [...]
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