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...

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Tarrytown, NY

Tarrytown, only 30 miles from Manhattan.....named this because the husbands tary at the bars a little too long........a small commuter town north of New York.. .As we approahed the Palisades .....500 ft rock cliffs....
The Tappan Zee Bridge......3miles long

Our distination Tarrytown Marina............
One of the things we do what we do best............PUT FUEL IN THE BOAT and we are not liking the price increases we are seeing..............We may be taking up a collection to get us back home!!
We walked up the large incline to Tarrytown.......the commuters are getting on and off the trains.....
Jerry and I are getting really good at this posing thing for each other to take pictures......We are taking them of the street anyway.....so one of us always jumps in.................ha..........it doesn't take much to entertain us....................



Art galleries, small stores, restaurants and older homes fill the streets.........Unusually busy for late afternoon small town .......nice friendly people with many varied backgrounds....real estate is very expensive because of the proximity to the city.


We had another wonderful meal.....seafood of course and thought we should celebrate............I forget what? But the deserts just looked too good to pass up.


Another day.......another place..........so different and yet very much the same.........Have you noticed how poetic I am getting??? haha... and today we have finally got caught up on the blog.....it is raining here and we are trapped on the boat...........so finally....finished .....we will do better at trying to keep you posted.....follow us up the Hudson.

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