We had been working out our route for months now. Riverly, our rental company, reached out to us to give us some information and also to ask if we had any questions about our potential route. So, I shared the places we were planning to stop and was told that our last part of the trip was on an extremely busy, commercial waterway. He suggested an alternative route and so that's what we're going with.
My next job, besides mapping it out on Waterkaart, was to look over the bridges and locks we'd be traveling through. I discovered that our boat is too high to get under some of the bridges, so we've been tweaking the route, and "detail oriented" person that I am, I wrote down all the bridges and locks we'll be going through, and the VHF channels and phone numbers to reach the bridge or lock masters.
We also went over all the marinas where we'll be stopping for the night, and making sure our very large boat can get in. I've emailed a few marinas, and as of this writing, we're all set!
