Sea La Vie: Good Bye Mackinac

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, July 20, 2009

Good Bye Mackinac

So long .....we really enjoyed your town.....so many visitors, Victorian tea cups, horses, flowers, ice cream stores...and most of all .....the fudge shops....literally one on every corner....sometimes two......But seriously....we loved the weather here, no cars and just enjoyed the slow pace .......so until next time....We are on our way today...about a 150 mile run....makes for a long day....

A few more views of the bridge..................

Interesting light house................And as we leave....we start to see the sailors finishing the race....first, second, third......we passed them all day......all sorts of boats...different colored sails.....of course, Jerry was in heaven....The wind had died.....and some were barely moving.......... this is the 101st Chicago to Mackinac Race with over 300 boats