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...
The Fall
Monday, September 29th I was working on the boat (my full time job). I opened the engine compartment hatch and warned the other two guys working that the hatch was open. Five minutes later I came out of the cabin and fell four feet into the open hatch. Nothing broken but some very deeply brusied ribs on my right side. I was very lucky, but will be sore for several weeks to come. Actually this is my second fall. The first time I fell into the water with minor bruised ribs on the left side. I promise to be more careful!
