Sea La Vie: Solomons Island

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...

Monday, June 8, 2009

Solomons Island

Solomons Island......welcome to Maryland....and I have to say it is just as I had thought.....hundreds of boats, quaint, and all the houses are frame painted and nice colors.....

We walked to Solomons Pier and tried the newest " Orange Crush".....we will be sharing our recipes when we return home..hopefully with friends and family.....
The Calvert Museum was great fun......Jerry enjoyed reading about all the old boats and motors..and the lighthouse was moved and renovated....very interesting.