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Muriel June cruised through the cypress trees and the bayous. This sailboat went aground after his alternator went out then his battery so he could not jump start his engine. This nice Tow pulled him off but bent his shaft in doing so. The good samaritan tow brought him into the Morgan City Municipal dock. […]

  Whee!!  We made it through the two locks in and out of the Mississippi River in only 5 hours!  This is Sunday so there were no curfews on the bridges and the barges went through the locks fairly smoothly—we were tied behind one, named Corky who was most polite to us as we locked […]

New Orleans and Houston bound Three years ago this weekend we came through New Orleans on our way east to start the Great Loop. We are now back and heading west to Houston.    Three years ago, New Orleans was still recovering from Katrina.  Today there is much vibrance: a new dike and water lift system, […]

  We watched the sunrise over Mobile Bay as we headed out at 6 a.m. this morning in light breezes.  Like Galveston, they have a long ship channel that leads to the Gulf of Mexico through the barrier islands.  Once we got to the Inter Coastal shipping lane, we turned west and headed under the […]

  What a day!!  We were up at our usual 5:30 a.m. to be greeted by everyone on the dock to celebrate our Gold Loop flag.  Pictures taken, coffee drunk, and we headed down the Mobile ship channel with a dolphin escort!  The first dolphins we’d seen in over a year since we’ve been in […]

As the sun sets on the skyline of downtown Mobile, Alabama comes into view. We tie up at the base of the tall “pointy” building. Crossing our Wake!! We cross our wake here in Mobile Bay to finish the Loop!  Today we were up at 4 a.m. to leave by 5:30 a.m.  with 120 miles […]

  Yes, Rainy days, Monday, and FOG!  The good news is that we didn’t have to slow down for fishermen today.  They were far too smart to come out on a foggy morning and rainy afternoon.  But, we made great time for the 100-mile stretch we had to transgress.  We left the dock at 5:30 […]

  Not much is on the news here but the “BAMA” crimson tide.  And, we could easily have turned east up a river and gotten ourselves to Tuscaloosa today.  We cruised 100 miles and conquered two more locks. Up at 4:30 a.m., we contacted the lockmaster, who told us we needed to wait for one […]

Lone telephone booth stands on the bank in the boonies in case you want to make a telephone call going down the river. Pirate’s Cove Marina in Pickensville, Alabama The migration south is definitely with us. We left Columbus this morning with 9 other boats and the 10 of us were locked through together at […]

Columbus Marina, Mississippi and Halloween Perhaps this is the friendliest marina we’ve visited in many days.  A crew of three met us on the fuel dock with jokes and help with the lines.  Of course, they loved my Halloween hat too.  Our good friend and LYC member, Jacob Deegan with his boat Aurora, are also […]