Day: 448 Miles Today: 68 Locks Today: 01 Total Miles: 5057 Total Locks: 141
Up at 5:00 a.m. and waiting for first light. This was planned to be about a 65 mile day with one lock. Anytime you have a lock, you are unsure of your travel time.
As I was signing on to my computer waiting for […]
Tuesday —- Illinois River MM 88 Beardstown Southbound
September 1, 2010
Channel at Woods Hole – You Have to Time this one Right because of the Tide and CurrentHouses on the Water at Woods HoleA Centre of Oceanic Research – They Have the Robots Here that Found the TitanicFerry on its Way to Martha’s VineyardLight House Near…
What do you do all day??????
Life on a BoatMany times we are asked what are you doing all day when you are on the boat, so we thought we would explain. There are travel days and then there are non-travel days.On the travel days typically we start early to catch as much daylight as…
Tennessee River and Kentucky Lake
So we have been anchoring in many of the coves at Kentucky Lake which is part of the Tennessee River. This area was developed during President Kennedy’s administration. The lake is formed and regulated by Kentucky Dam which has a drop of 57 feet. The…
Madisonville – Pass Christian
We picked up our Cousins Scott & Darlene with our truck in Long Beach, MS the day before we left and dropped their truck off at the Pass Christian Harbor. Karen cooked for Darlene, Scott, Kerry, Chris and us a nice pre-departure dinner & Chris …
Lake Michigan: August 2010
Sault Ste. Marie to Mackinac Island: We are up early this morning to begin our long day’s run to Mackinac Island. Just after daybreak, we pull out of Kemp Marina at Sault Saint Marie into the Saint Mary’s River for our trip downstream. We have the current with us and reach speeds up to 11 […]
Monday —- Illinois River MM 120 Tall Timbers Marina Southbound
Day: 447 Miles Today: 32 Locks Today: 00 Total Miles: 4989 Total Locks: 140
We had a short day planned today so we did not have to leave early. However, after we arrived at Tall Timbers, we had four other Looper boats come in and they were docked just behind us which would make it extra difficult […]
August 30 – 31, 2010
Forbes Family Mansion – Main HouseMore Forbes Family MansionsQuiet Evening at the AnchorageCuttyhunk, Massachusetts to Hadley Harbor, Massachusetts – A beautiful day with a light breeze as we made our way to Hadley Harbor which was about a 2 hour trip….
Hotter ‘n hell to colder ‘n hell in 24 hrs!
Friday it’s hotter ‘n hell. I managed to get 5 bows made before it got too hot to work. Its supposed to be cooler on Saturday so I figured I can knock out the rest. Wrong. Saturday comes and it’s colder ‘n hell. I’m running around looking for a jacket …
81 miles yesterday!
If you’ve already read my previous posting from Sept 3, you may want to scan it again because I added three more photos I thought I’d lost. I also supplemented more text throughout.Yesterday we traveled 81 miles, from Joliet to Hennepin, IL. We descend…
