We had looked at the radar and watching storms that were moving in and decided to go into a marina for the night. We pulled anchor and started heading to Tellico marina and just as we were entering their channel all hell broke loose. A nice guy on hous…
Day 269…Eastern Phoebe with a spider
Welcome to day 269 of 365 photos…I saw this Eastern Phoebe yesterday on my Crepe Myrtle tree. This is the first time that I have seen one here but I used to have a lot of them in Maine. I picked up the camera and shot out of the breakfast nook window and unfortunately it […]
The post Day 269…Eastern Phoebe with a spider appeared first on Moosetique Musing.
That’s a wrap 2014
I’ve come to the conclusion I can’t use this wood flour to make good fillets or epoxy glue so I’m going to call it quits for the season. The stuff just turns to much mush like porridge you used to hate as a kid.It leaves such a deep texture I’d be sand…
Oct. 5 – Jacksonville, FL
Lamb’s Yacht Center
“If you wait to do everything until you’re sure it’s right, you’ll probably never do much of anything.” –Win Borden
We had a wonderful weekend getting to know the new boat a little bit better and catching up with good friends. Pam and Donny drove down from Charleston to spend the weekend with us, what a great time we had. We spent Friday afternoon and evening visiting on the boat…catching up with each other’s activities since we last saw them in March. On Saturday while the guys poked around on the boat and finalized details for replacing the old very nasty refrigerator, Pam and I went to the Riverside Arts Market under the and wandered through the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens.
CONTINUE READING HERE…»
Olympia is closer to home than ever before!!!!
Hi everyone,
This came from Tom B. this morning:
“Here is the latest from the ship:
noon position
05/Oct/2014 12:00hrs LT – 17:00hrs GMT
21*16 N – 084*42 W
Wind: ENE 3 Bft
Swell : ENE 1.5 mtrs
Speed: 14.83 kn
Miles steamed last 24hrs : 356 MILES
Miles to go next port : Port Everglades 464 miles
Eta Port Everglades 06/Oktober – 20:00hrs
Over the weekend we heard the off load may be Tuesday afternoon, but it more than likely will change, it usually does. We will let you know when we get some new information.”
I would say a few woo hoos are in order here, don’t you think? Since this report was created at noon yesterday, I venture to say that she is about 7 hours away now. Woo hoo again!
One of my most loyal followers asked if I could share the link for the Port Everglades webcam. Since I aim to please, here it is:
http:www.portevergladeswebcam.com
I’m going there now to be sure I can go right to the site at the pre-ordained hour.
Hang in there with me folks. It’s almost show time!
Day 268…just another heron
Welcome to day 268 of 365 photos…today’s photo is just another heron but this one made me smile! I was passing one of those places where the water runs off when it rains when I spotted it. I drove about a mile down the road and decided to turn around. It was still there, facing […]
The post Day 268…just another heron appeared first on Moosetique Musing.
Lake Tellico River
When we left the Fort’s dock that morning it was patchy fog, but not to bad. We headed into the Tellico River and just a ways down the fog was rolling in and Alan ducked into Notch creek and waited out the fog. After the fog lifted it was a beautiful c…
Lake Tellico River
When we left the Fort’s dock that morning it was patchy fog, but not to bad. We headed into the Tellico River and just a ways down the fog was rolling in and Alan ducked into Notch creek and waited out the fog. After the fog lifted it was a beautiful c…
Port #25:Rockin’ and Rollin’ at Hoppies…
Great Loop II Date: 9/24/2014
Day #55 (Wednesday): 58 miles (1410 total miles)
Locks: 2 (10 total locks)
Port #25: Kimmswick, MO (Will post pictures when we have signal)
Excited to get underway once again, OB’s crew was more than ready for the early morning departure from Grafton Harbor. We had 3 other boats traveling with us, Infinite Sea, Last Mango, Senior Moments and Top Cat (who was at Alton Marina and we had not met). We had two locks to go through, Mel Price and Chain of Rocks (or Lock 27, which they seem to prefer). We saw Canadian Flyer, a trawler, leave ahead of us from Grafton. We caught up with them at Mel Price and passed them as we approached Chain of Rocks.
St. Louis lay ahead of us as we exited the Chain of Rocks. Travel was a lot less stressful during this trip to Hoppies than our trip in 2010. We had so much debris to navigate through in 2010 we barely had time to take pictures as we passed the famous arch in St. Louis. This time we were able to take pictures of Infinite Sea as she passed the arch and her crew did the same for us.
We arrived at Hoppies with plenty of time to walk into Kimmswick and get lunch at the Blue Owl Restaurant, a treat we missed on the last adventure. After our delicious lunch, we walked through town from shop to shop until we got a call from Fern telling us it was time for her afternoon update on river conditions from Hoppies to the Cumberland or Tennessee Rivers.
The briefing was pretty close to everything I had in my notes from 2010. Our plan remained unchanged for the two anchorages that lay ahead of us until we would reach the Land Between the Lakes region. We did have an alternate anchorage should we be lucky enough to get through Lock 52 before sunset on the second day of travel.
Just as bedtime was rolling around, an upstream barge passed leaving a ferocious wake that rocked all of the boats wildly. Everyone except the crew from OB jumped off their boats to survey the situation. I guess our crew just figured it was par for the course staying on the river in close proximity to the barge traffic. No other barges rocked us as badly during the night.
Port #24: Now Whine Before It’s Time…
Great Loop II Date: 9/17/2014
Day #48 (Wednesday): 20 miles (1352 total miles)
Locks: 0 (8 total locks)
Port #24: Grafton, IL (Will post pictures when we have better signal)
OB’s run from Hardin to Grafton was short and uneventful. It’s always interesting to go from the Illinois River into the Mighty Mississippi. Mark Twain wrote: “The Mississippi is too thick to drink and too thin to plow.” So true!
On our last Loop, we stayed at Alton Marina about 20 miles south of Grafton. Since we were trying to add new destinations to our adventure, we decided to stay at Grafton Harbor. The marina was full of Loopers waiting for the ‘Okay to proceed’ from Fern at Hoppies 58 miles away in Kimmswick, MO. Hoppies is the last stop for 250 miles before entering the Land Between the Lakes at either Green Turtle Bay in Grand River, KY or Kentucky Dam Marina near Gilbertsville, KY. Fern can only take 6 to 8 boats at a time on her barges. The flooding Mississippi held Loopers in Grafton and Alton for over 2 weeks. Some were beginning to think they were residents! As soon as we docked at Grafton we called for our reservations at Hoppies. Our wait would be 7 days, allowing us to use Grafton Harbor’s ‘stay 4 nights, get 3 free’ deal.
Grafton is a cute little town with 7 ‘wineries’ and many little shops and restaurants. The wineries did in fact sell wine however none of the wine was actually made anywhere near there. Going from winery to winery kept us busy for a few days. We also took the courtesy van with 3 other couples to Fast Eddies where beer and food remain at prices found in the 1960s.
Although it was fun being with so many Loopers and keeping busy going different places with them, there was no internet or cell service. We could not catch up or keep up with family or friends. We were anxious to get down the road and back to being connected.
