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, October 31, 2008

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We are now at Aqua Harbor getting the boat ready for the trip down the Tombigbee. Fun things like laundry, washing the boat, minor repairs, and of course a trip to Walmart. We anchored out 2 nights and ate great! Grilled fish, quiche, soups, and great deserts. Look at the bugs on the boat the next morning. Peaceful mornings at anchor with the fog lifting.

We had dinner with Dave and Marcie Clark on our boat Tuesday evening. They are just completing the loop. I have not seen Dave in over 20 years when he and his family owned Clark Boat Company.
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