Victhom, Try the New York Canals ... ya can totally lose yourself in the 500+ miles of them. And this is definitely the cheapest cruising area anywhere. I fell in love with the Canals so much, I sold my house and moved here. Fred Tug 44 ---------------------------------------- From: "B. Victhom" <bvcom@mac.com> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 10:17 PM To: "TWL Great Loop" <great-loop@lists.trawlering.com> Subject: Re: GL: Relay from Jim Harding: New Canadian Fees Please provide some input : where to go in US, which has the charm, quality of life and century old villages of the Rideau and Trent-Severn system ? Certainly not the Mississippi. Tennessee River ? Hudson ?