The Great Loop

This web site is an attempt to provide a quick and easy way for our family and freinds to keep up with us on "The Loop"

The Great Loop is a 6000 mile jouney down the Tennessee River and the Tombigbee Waterway to Mobile, Alabama. From there around the coast of Florida via Key West with a side trip to the Bahamas. Back to the coast of Florida we head up the east coast to the Chesapeake Bay. From the Chesapeake we continue up the east coast through New York Harbour, up the Hudon River, and across the Erie Canal. Through a series of canals we go across Lake Ontario into Canada. We will spend a month in Canada. Back to the US, we will cross Lake Michigan to Chicago. Following the Illinois, Mississippi, Ohio, and Cumberland Rivers back to Tennesse.


LOOP CLOSED: 8/12/09: 310 days, 6170 miles, 107 locks, 3 countries, 16 states, 85 different marinas, 10,050 gallons of diesel fuel, thousands of photos, countless new friends, and priceless memories...

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

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Rick, David and I left Pickwick about noon Monday, 11/3/08. Lynn returned home to catch-up on business and get ready for St Pete. Monday we traveled about 70 miles and 4 locks to Smithville Marina. We had dinner with a guy named Dennis. He is living in his camper with his dog named Nicky. Tuesday we travel about 85 miles and 4 locks to Pirates Cove Marina. We shared the courtesy car to dinner with a couple from Pickwick who is a neighbor of Larry Buse, who is a salesperson at our Savannah, TN plant. Wednesday we traveled 75 miles to Demopolis. In Demoplois we met Randal. Here you see a picture of Randal who entertained us at dinner with his Beadreaux jokes.
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