October 24, 2010After Larry and Donna left us at Goose Pond Marina in Scottsboro (a favorite marina), we traveled on to Ditto Landing Marina in Huntsville, AL. This municipal marina has brand new docks, clean bathrooms and showers, washer and dri…
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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 …
October 10, 2010 Winterization – 264 Days To Go
As the weather is getting colder, boating activities turn from enjoyment to work! Bob is working on winterizing the water systems and generator. Lynda is putting all the boat linens in space bags and will take home all items that might freeze. We…
The Beautiful Tennessee River
September 24, 2010 – October 3, 2010 We followed the Tennessee River to the Yellow Creek where the Tenn-Tom Riverway begins. We stayed at Grand Harbor Marina who has a courtesy van, enabling Laura and Bill (Monkey Girl) and Heidi and Kelly (…
October 2, 2010 Dock Party – 271 Days To Go
As the season is quickly coming to an end, "B" dock had a Farewell to Summer get together. Who would have known that our dockmates decided to take this opportunity to bid us an early Bon Voyage!! Great food and a great surprise. Thank…
Land Between the Lakes
September20, 2010-September 22, 2010The hot weather is killing us. There’s no breeze and it’s 95 degrees every day. We had such beautiful weather in Canada this summer that this heat is hard for us to take!When you leave Green Turtle Bay, y…
She Just Keeps Rolling Along…
September 19, 2010We left Kaskaskia Lock at 8 AM with a goal of Little Diversion River Channel in mind as our next night’s safe haven on the Mississippi River. After six and a half hours of motoring we found the little channel tucked into a small…
Ole Man River
September 13, 2010Our Lady of the Rivers Shrine built after 1950 disastrous flood as gratitude for not flooding Portage des SiouxAfter three restful nights at Grafton Marina, we left Sunday bright and early at 7 AM with Lady in Red, Magoo, Mas Buenos a…
Chicago and the Illinois River Waterway
September 1, 2010 – September 11, 2010We left New Buffalo expecting a bumpy ride across Lake Michigan but were pleasantly surprised at the relatively quiet, boring ride to Chicago-we like boring on Lake Michigan! The clouds didn’t help us capture the s…
September 1, 2010 to September 5, 2010 – Hurricane Earl – 299 Days To Go!
Wednesday, September 1st – Cast off from the Herreshoff dock at 10:30 am, traveled past Newport and Point Judith, RI. The seas were a little lumpy with a swell that would rock us side to side. Once we rounded Point Judith, the seas smoothed out and…
