The journey begins... (Actually, it began 38 days ago)
posted by Annie Most of you reading this blog will already know the basics: We (the Rogge-Wilson family) decided to live on a boat for a year. We packed up our house, rented it out, and moved to our sailboat with the intent to sail from Lake Michigan to the Caribbean. We decided to do this for numerous reasons, but first and foremost, to have a long adventure. We started out in the middle of June. Day #1 was either June 20th, when we arrived at the boat, or June 24th, when we initially set sail. We started in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Roughly, we sailed up through Door County to Washington Island, crossed Lake Michigan on a LONG day, landing on Beaver Island, then sailed to Mackinac Island. After that, we were in Lake Huron - initially Les Cheneaux Islands, then through the North Channel, and most recently sailing through the 30,000 islands of Georgian Bay. As of today, July 31, 2019, we are in Victoria Harbour, Ontario, Canada. For the most part, the kids are going to wri