Day 45 Joe Wheeler State Park, Rogersville, Alabama, MM 277 Tennessee River Saturday, October 9, 2010Laundry day – and it turns out that the laundry room is a L…
Great Loop Date: 10.12.2010 (Wednesday): OB and the Mermaid …
…and an anniversary of sorts. As of today, we’ve been Looping for 2 months:Day #61: 1501.3 total miles (43.8 miles)Locks: 12 total (today: 0)Port #28 – Mermaid Marina; Decaturville, TNThe skies changed Tuesday morning, the day we planned to l…
Devils and Details, part 2.
AKA. Getting by with a little help from my friends.Well. Before this becomes ancient history I want to mention something about the battening process, which had to take place before we got covered in foam. Namely that it took a while, and required more …
Norfolk, the Navy training SEALS
At anchor behind Willoughby Spit, Norfolk VA. The navy is busy training SEALS. Pretty cool but noisy!
The best wine
The owner was in contact with the pickers via walky-talky. In between dumping the wine buckets he had time, and was quite willing to talk and give us information about the in’s and out’s about vineyards, and grape growing in general. We learned …
More grape harvest education
When the buckets are full they are lowered to the bottom of the cable track. Then they have to be man handled the last few steps. And finally dumped in the waiting wagon on the road level.
More Tennessee River
October 4, 2010 to October 12, 2010Local knowledge from Stacey and Paul (SeaSea) brought us to a favorite dockage. Shellmound Recreation Area has a free dock right in front of Nickajack Lock and Dam where we spent a couple of nights. Buddy …
Traben-Trarbach
We biked back to Traben-Trarbach and on the way stopped to watch grape harvesting on steep slopes.We had noticed some installations with poles, supporting a cable going up the mountains. Now we found out why these were there, and how they were us…
Great Loop Date: 10.08.2010 (Tuesday): Pebble Passage Through Water…
Day #57: 1457.5 total miles (30.7 miles)Locks: 12 total (today: 0)Port #27 – Pebble Isle Marina; New Johnsonville, TNPebble Passage Through Waterby Terence George Craddockpebble rough pebblesmooth seenvein colour adored which makesmost beautiful ripp…
Little "Bo"
Guess who was the center of attention for the week end!!!!
