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...

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Joe Wheeler State Park

Before we left Pickwick, Jimmy Joyner took us to a great dinner....Thank you .......it was nice to see you again and sorry we missed you Trish......
On our way to Joe Wheeler .....pretty day ...it is nice to start to see the familiar landscape of home......
Only one lock today but had to wait 2 hours for a barge ......amazing to see the water gurgling up so forcefully.......
Passing by Florence Alabama....we got this shot.....We made it to Joe Wheeler.......a restaurant and pool......YEAH....we will be here a couple of nights to catch up........
As I have said many times before.......SHE looks pretty good at any dock! We did a little cleaning here...although most will be done when we return home.....as well as a couple of repairs .........us girls are high maintenance...............
We watched this gentleman exercises his dog this morning....as he walked the dock....his dog swam.....and swam .........and swam.........in and out of at least 15 docks.....bless his little heart.......he looked tired......Guess I would never make it as a personal trainer..............
Our neighbor came to visit.....he and his wife were on their way to Gulf Shores........................
Our new friends, Alan and Susann aboard "Kaos"..............we learned much from you......but most important was how to drink good wine from a styrofoam cup in a dry county.......good dinner.....good wine.....great company. They have lived aboard for three years...and just recently bought a home in Florida........We hope we will cross your path again.......................
We enjoyed an invite for happy hour from Carlton and Becky aboard "SeaMoore" ......................, they are planning to leave on the loop in October 2010. We had met them at the Joe Wheeler Rendavous last October. Thank you for your hospitality.....great dinner and conversation......hope you will stop by if you are in Tennessee! We loved your new Mainship........great boat!

Up early as we leave for Guntersville Yacht Club......We plan to be home a week from today....as the days close in .....I am sure that if I am missing Jerry .....I will find him sleeping on the boat at the dock at the house.....I am already predicting that one!
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