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...
Hoppies
Today we said goodbye to Grafton to head down the Mississippi to
Hoppies (more about
Hoppies later). This should be a relatively short day, 70 miles and 2 locks.
Here is a picture as the Illinois joins the Mississippi River...
The bluffs of the Mississippi....
The Lady of the River Shrine is the site for the annual blessing of the fleet.
Alton, IL...
A river boat as we approach St Louis...
No, this is not
McDonalds...
Hoppies is a
legendary stop on the Mississippi. Besides the wealth of river knowledge from the owners, Fern and Charles Hopkins, it is one of the last stops for fuel and supplies for 250 miles.
Here is my new girlfriend Fern...
Hoppies yard art...
Classic boats in storage...
Sea la Vie secure to the dock at
Hoppies...
The river is down about 4 feet...
The conversation pit on the dock at
Hoppies, complete with phone booth...
The dog
Sparkey is a known as a chick magnet...
Her is Charlie, Fern's husband, and a couple of other guys
sitting on the dock, drinking beer, telling tales, and watching the river go by (3-5 knots of current).
Here is a picture as the Illinois joins the Mississippi River...
No, this is not McDonalds...
Hoppies is a legendary stop on the Mississippi. Besides the wealth of river knowledge from the owners, Fern and Charles Hopkins, it is one of the last stops for fuel and supplies for 250 miles.
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