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...
Sanibel Island
We arrived in Sanibel 5 hours later via the ditch...2 feet of water and running aground only once...Mom you need not worry today about us drowning! Staying close to the wall...we docked just in front of the famous Grandma Dots! Charlie seemed to be waiting for us....an older gentleman who lost his wife a year ago...they came to this beautiful place every year....and he offered to give us "the tour"...by car even! Bike trails led us to the Lighthouse Grill for breakfast ...and of course more interesting shops! Shelling was a favorite...the beach was crowded....some wrapped with their scarves and some in swim suits....We wanted to move the boat, but with the low tide it was a waiting game.....I guess I never thought about there not being enough water to float???? So....early up ...7 am so we could catch high tide...and onward to Ft Myers Beach...will keep you posted.
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It sounds like an amazing trip you are on. I hope you got to see a lot of Sanibel. The people here are very friendly and anyone of us would have been happy to give you a tour. :-)
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