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...

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Good Friday in Green Turtle

What a quaint little old town New Plymouth is! Small bright colored homes, narrow streets with walkers and golfcarts, a few small restaurants and grocery stores. Today I bought 2 tomatoes and a half gallon of skim milk and it was $11, but there is everything here you really might need.
A welcome sign.....or two....

This is the cemetary overlooking the harbour! A beaufiul resting place.
At Pineapples they have really fresh couch salad....diced couch, onions, tomatoes, greenpepper and a secret sauce....very tasty......but not as tasty as Pineapples Goombay Smash....Happy Hour 2for1 can be dangerous!

Mama Mia plays at the golf cart drive-in on Saturday night.......how much fun is this....we didn't have chairs.....
Found a floating coconut........
Just another magnificent beach....

We went into town for the Church fish fry....they had fried fish....I do mean the WHOLE fish...and had hot cross buns...for Easter...and we watched the kids play on the basketball court.
I thought my grandaughter Kinsey would love this hair style.....and I wish Turner were here to play basketball with them....he can really shoot the hoops!
The original Goombay Smash was invented here.....oh my....
One of the many churches here....all denominations.

The police office and library were closed for the Easter holiday...and as you can see the bank only opens 2 days a week anyway.....



Just a few of the attractions that give you the flavor of the island.. .......What a great place to spend time......slowly.....Everything is slower....and Jerry and I are still trying to slow down.....
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