Joe Hauckes in Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania had some emergency stuff he had to take care of, so instead of keeping Basil around watching TV, eating chips and getting fat, he sent him back to Montreal for a return visit with yours truly.
Basil’s here now, and yes, I’ve got him working already!
Actually, he’s cobbling together a […]

I don’t know how he missed Philadelphia, but he did. He just kept on going and going up the Delaware River.
When I heard from the police from New Hope, my heart dropped. They assured me that Basil was fine, but very lost.
As it turns out, he heard somewhere about Washington’s Crossing and wanted […]

Just to give you a little update. A friend of mine who lives in Cape May, NJ saw a sailboat with a “Gray Four Legged Creature” rounding the point and heading into the Delaware Bay.
I’m not sure, but I think this could be Basil. I haven’t heard anything, and it’s really hard to […]

Does it shock anyone at this point that Basil’s gone missing? On Wednesday, October 18th, Basil left Nova Scotia to head south towards Philadelphia where the intention was to meet up with Joe Hauckes. I should have asked someone how long a sailboat trip would take, but I didn’t. And, so far, I haven’t heard […]

Basil left Pictou this morning. I had hoped that he would be going by sail boat, but when we arrived at the marina there were none to be found, so Basil is travelling by motor boat instead.
After leaving Pictou harbour his route will take him around Cape George and through Canso Lock. This is part […]