MaryLou was kind enough to return us to Hammond Marina! When we left for Walla Walla there were 3-4 loop boats here. Now there are over 70 loopers at the marina in Hammond, Indiana. We are all waiting for the locks to re-open. Three locks, Brandon, Dresden and Marseilles locks closed June 1, …
We traveled 27.9 NM or 3 hours and 59 minutes from Michigan City to Hammond Indiana. We planned to stay at the Hammond Marina until the locks below Joliet are re-opened for pleasure craft to travel down the Illinois river. The Great Loop Cruisers Association worked closely with the Corp of Engineers and the Commercial …
We traveled 24, NM, 4 hours to the town of Little Current. Little Current is Manitoulin Island’s largest center with grocery, post office, restaurants and a brewery! We stayed 2 nights at the downtown docks. The marina was hosting a Ranger Tug Rendezvous and our Looper friends on Piglet were attending. Crustacean, Still the One, …
July 30, Travel Day 135, Baie Fine to Little Current Read More »
We traveled 19.2 NM, 3 hours and 22 minutes from Talbot lock to Port of Orillia. The weather forecast was not good for the next few days and the Big Chute lock was not accepting large boats on the weekend so we were planning to stay here a few days. Mike also was planning to …
We traveled 4.7 NM to Frankford Lock 6, it took 2 hours and 17 minutes and we went through 6 locks. We decided to stay at the Canada Parks dockage here until after Canada Days. On Canada Days traffic is supposed to be heavy in the lock system as the Canadians celebrate their Independence Day. …
We traveled across the Chesapeake from Somer’s Cove Marina in Crisfield, MA. to Pagen Point anchorage near St. Mary’s, MA. It took 5 hours and 36 minutes. We did have 2 foot seas on the beam for about 2 hours…a little nauseating! Once we got closer to the Potomac it did get smoother. St. Mary’s …
We left beautiful Yorktown early on the 13th and traveled across the Chesapeake Bay to Crisfield, Ma. This was a long journey, 8 hours and 36 minutes. Crisfield is a small fishing community with several water front restaurants and several marinas. We stayed at Somers Cove. The marina is really nice and the people were …
April 13, Travel Day 72, Somers Cove Marina, Crisfield Read More »
We sneaked around Chris and Laura’s boat and left the anchorage about 8 am. We Headed to Georgetown Harbor Walk Marina. It was a short day for travel, 2 hours and 29 minutes. We stayed one full day and night in Georgetown. The town is quaint, historic, walkable and packed with great restaurants, museums and …
We traveled about 4 hours on the ICW to get to Fernandina Beach, Amelia Island. Our friends Lynn and Leon from Ste. Genevieve were vacationing south and joined us for a few days! Above left: Leon, Lynn, Chris, Laura(from Miracle), Jody and Mike. We had a great dinner at “Wicked Bao”. Mike had pork …
We left Key West and The Perry Resort and Marina on New Year’s Eve. It was bittersweet leaving, hated to leave the wonderful amenities but it was time to move on! If I stayed any longer I was going to try to get a job!! Relaxing and trying to have no agenda is harder than …