Who knew we would be too busy to blog!! The conference was great, met tons of people, learned a lot about the logistics and daily grind of doing this journey, toured beautiful boats and even showed No Agenda on the loopers crawl. Paris Landing State Park Lodge is absolutely beautiful! I would recommend it to …
We woke to a chilly fog covered day. I used the chamois to dry the boat while Mike cooked breakfast. The sun burned through the fog about 8 am and we set out from Green Turtle Bay in Grand Rivers, Kentucky headed to Paris Landing State Park Marina, Tennessee. It was a 5 hour …
My brother Tom, “Okie” joined us for the first leg of our journey. Tom loves the river and was a great help with navigation, docking, anchoring and negotiating the locks. He knew about half of the barge Captains!! Mouth of the Meramec River Lots of beautiful homes on the Missouri cliffs overlooking the Mississippi No …
We’re really doing this!!!!!! We started rolling on the Mighty Mississippi today! Our greeting party at Little Rock landing as we passed by our “home port” of Ste. Gen! We were so fortunate to have Steph and Greg Gremminger capture some aerial photos. Our first night at Kaskaskia Lock spent with 8 other loopers! …
Mike and his brother Paul bringing No Agenda past the St. Louis Arch on their way to Alton Marina. Scott and Ann took the picture from the Illinois side of the river and lots of friends were watching on the web camera! Dan, Ann and Scott at their photo opportunity at Malcom W. Martin Memorial …
Mike and Paul passed our home port of Ste. Genevieve heading north to Alton. They had tied to the Kaskaskia Lock wall. Some hearty friends joined me at 7:00 am and watched them go by! Jan, Vickie G, Allen, Vickie W. and Lynn are great loop troupers! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xYU_g3paVm4
Leon crewed with Mike from Demopolis, Alabama to Green Turtle Bay Resort in Grand Rivers, Kentucky. Lynn and I joined them for a boat ride through the canal and dinner at the Thirsty Turtle. We drove Leon home and Mike’s brother Paul crewed from Green Turtle Bay to Alton, Illinois.
Jackie and I met Mike and Paul in Mobile. We stayed at Dog River Marina in Alligator Bayou and had great seafood at Wintzell’s Oyster House! I stayed with Mike from Mobile to Demopolis, we anchored out two nights and were visited by cranes and alligators!
Paul Uding, Mike’s younger brother was Mike’s first mate for the journey from Fort Meyers to Mobile. They traveled north to Cabbage Key. It rained that day and they had cheeseburgers in paradise all to themselves! The Old House restaurant on Cabbage Key was the inspiration for Jimmy Buffet’s playful lyrics! From Cabbage Key they …
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