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...

Friday, May 8, 2009

Daytona Beach

A sad Goodbye to our friends, Jan and Tim, as they decided to stay and watch the shuttle launch on Monday. We will see them again soon as the cruining community is small and we keep seeing with each other along the way.

Pics along the way to Daytona Beach....bridges, airplanes, towns in the distance, even a resting sun bather....in the shallow water.............. all this and more entertained us on our 6 hour trip.










Birds seem to have a favorite gathering place too!


Linda, Jerry's sister lives nearby in Ormond Beach and took us to Ocean Deck for cocktails and dinner....sand pit and bands....a few people over 25 were there....but who is counting?



Our marina is downtown, Halifax Harbor Marina, close to the Saturday morning market.....Boy did we stock up on fresh produce!!!! And how different this is from the Bahamas.....where we paid $4 for a tomato or $7 for a bag of salad???? All fresh and so inexpensive here! And on our way back.....we drove thru the ATM.....more cash.....that seems to be the consistent theme of this trip .
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