A friend of mine [VP at Xerox]took a boat-35 ft.] from Rochester,NY through the Great Lakes,down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico,around Florida,up the Atlantic Ocean to New York City.New York City-up the Hudson River to Albany,NY,down the Erie Canal to Rochester.Time was two months,roughest water was Great Lakes!History everywhere,I could have gone with him,but no time,money,or energy!