We are hoping to cross the Gulf of Mexico in the next week or so, this will give us some time to explore the Florida panhandle of which neither Jim nor I have seen. We will travel via Orange Beach, Pensacola, Ft Walton Beach, Destin, Panama City,…
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Fairhope to Orange Beach AL
Today was the latest start ever for us, the winds were to lay down after 10am so we took SweetPea out for a test run to check out the work done. The vibrations are gone so back to the marina to pay the piper, and get a pump out and finally move o…
SweetPea hauled out in Alabama for a check up
SweetPea has a checkup so out of the water she comesProps checked…. lookin pretty good after 4500 miles since her last check up. But Jim thought he was feeling a bit of a vibration when we were running the engines up the other day so with a clo…
Thanksgiving with our harbour host in Fairhope Alabama
Bob and Vicki front and centerToday we were invited to celebrate Thanksgiving with Vicki and Bob Riggs who are the harbor hosts and Veteran loopers here in Fairhope Alabama. Any loopers in the area was invited to attend, just bring a dish an…
Our last week as river rats?
We have spent nearly 3 months on the river system from Chicago to Mobile. Too long? Long enough is my answer! This homemade sailing vessel (CharlieBrown) made of bamboo, plastic bottles and tarps was heading downbound, and b…
Its always something !
The Plan is to head on out of Demopolis tomorrow morning at sunrise, Hopefully there will be NO fog and the lock will be up working and waiting for us. The Demopolis lock was down most of the day today for repairs. There is quite a group of …
Weather delays, shallow anchorages and no marinas OH My!
Well here we sit, waiting for a weather window to open up, but things have gotten even more complicated in the last 24 hours. We are in Demopolis Al. located 225 miles or so from Mobile Bay, from here to Mobile there is only one&n…
Half way down the Tenn-Tom and back in Alabama
We left Midway marina Thursday with the intention of traveling to Columbus a 60miles day with 4 locks, well it turned out to be more than was possible due to waiting on the locks and the sun setting earlier. We ended up passing up Columbus a…
Time to head South again
The painted Bluff on the TN River heading down stream. Well, we didn’t make it to Chattanooga as original planned, weather turned cold and storms were forecasted for the next 2 or 3 days which would of been our travel days to Chattanooga, so, we …
Taking a side trip to Chattanooga
This is our first side trip since June, its a 190 mile trek up the Tennessee River to Chattanooga and we are told its well worth the trip as you travel through the gorge surrounded by mountains and with the fall foliage at its peak its specta…
