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...

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Watts Bar

Nickojack Lock....looks more like a war zone..............but we made it thru......current and all.......... We noticed this fellow hugging one of the mooring cells......just a classic...He seemed to be enjoying himself and caught one as we passed by.................
I had to take pictures of the walls of the locks as we went thru.............I plan to go thru these and frame one for the house.......you must admit the colors and texture is nice.................I am a artist want'a be................ha Just one of the pretty pictures of Tennessee green ............as the trees grow out of the water.........ya know.....it is really beautiful here..................
Watts Bar Nuclear Plant...........What can I say.????

RoyEl......Roy and Elva joined us as we arrived and greeted us with congrats on finishing the loop with a nice bottle of wine...........they have been cruising a long time and finished the loop .....their friends just bought a pretty Carver and plan to do it............so much fun...THANK YOU !!!!
We anchored out ........... our good friends Jay and Nancy joined us for a night on the boat..........John and Vickie joined us for cocktails and we has a great dinner......great fun......great friends.....
John and Vickie's sailboat....

Another boat anchored in the cove...

Just chillin'....

Vickie and myself back at Blue Springs............


Jay and Nancy with some serious conversation............................


These boys are just lookin' for trouble....and we found them....................

Jay and Nancy.....looking a a really nice trawler on the dock.......would be a little more room for them.....but Jay is not buying all our talk.........the hug didn't even help......Nancy has to work on that a little................
Jim McKay's depth sounder displayed at Blue Springs Marina......Jerry was impressed with that................so here is the photo...

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