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, June 24, 2009

Canajoharie, NY

Sooo....every day is a new adventure...have I said that before? Today we traveled 60 miles, went thru 12 locks (average lift-25') and who knows how many bridges.....and with zero clearance.....We are 19'6' tall and some of the bridges were 20'. That will make your hair stand up in strange places. It took us 10 hours, but we arrived at Canajoharie, NY....home of Beech-Nut baby food and gum! So this is what I like looked all day.............and Jerry was doing the same on the stern. Here many of the locks have lines that you grab...gooey and slimmy...uck!


One of the bridges as we approach...........
The buoy work boat kept us company thru several of the locks.

Another one of those intimidating bridges.....I will have night mares tonight.

Just a beautiful hot sunny day in New York........amazing how much it looks like Tennessee!

A tour boat passes by as we dock!


Here we are at our dock! Bob and Lynn Williamson on "LaGrace" are here and have been so helpful! He had told us about this spot to stop.....they are very active in The Great Loop Association. It is free dockage here and also power and water are free! Waterford was free dockage, water, and power (for 2 nights)...sure beats NYC $4.40 per ft per night.


There is Bob!..........What a wealth of knowledge! Thank you!

Before we left we visited the small but fantastic Arkell Museum (original Winslow Homer and Georgia O'Keeffe paintings) and bought some pottery at the Picture Perfect Gallery.
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