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...

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

New York, NY

Another early start 6AM trying to beat some approaching bad weather....OK.....So this was THE WORST day and the best day on the boat since we left......I could not get warm and waves on the bow pounding us for 8 hours....you judge how rough it is by how bad the cabin in trashed by cabinets and everything shifting....130 miles in the Atlantic from Cape May to NY Harbour....passing Atlantic City and the NJ shoreline...


But of course it was worth it because we got another picture of a light house......hehe
The entrance to New York Harbor - The Verrazano Narrows Bridge.....


The city as we approach.....funny how calm that water looks...............




I cannot tell you how many pic of the city we took. We docked at Liberty Landing, Jersey City, NJ within sight of The Statue...across the Hudson from Manhatten. T he night photos of the bridges and city are just as awesome......just too much to take in.

Staten Island Ferry...
THE LADY...I had not thought about how we would feel sitting right there on our own "Sea la Vie" looking up at the Statue of Liberty. It was just strange.......Ellis Island there as well.......and boat traffic everywhere. I think we both had little lumps in our throats.....as we took photos and motored around to get more shots than we can possibly show.................

Our marina...
This boat is the laundry and bath facilities for our Marina.............we never got to use it......Shucks.............a new facility is under construction.


When we got here....the inside of the boat was upside-down.....and the outside looked like a potato chip (extra salty).....so we did what every good sailor does and got her ship shape, inside and out...............WHEW..............Jerry decided we deserved a nice dinner......and most of a large glass of wine.........




We survived the day........and how could it have not been worth every minute................Up the next morning.....bright and early.....so much to see and so little time.......the State Park next to us was .....I have used every adjective.....but it was truly special......We rode our bikes at least 5 miles.....all green space for the city dwellers.....kids played, older and young walked .....and how different us Americans can live.....As we approach the George Washington Bridge heading up the Hudson ...Goodbye New York...

You are Big, Beautiful and Blessed.





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Anonymous said...

hope you are have a good time, rain here in Syracuse Mon & Tue
Rick & Julie

June 30, 2009 at 4:45 PM

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