November 18 and 19, 2023 Saturday, November 18, 2023 Can I Catch You a Fish? I walk out the boat door this morning and there is a fisherman in a camouflage boat. Right behind our boat! This is a first. Pretty sure he is not supposed to be fishing near the marina slips. I say…

Thursday, November 16, and Friday, November 17, 2023 An Early Morning At 3:45 a.m., Captain Pat lumbers out of bed. This isn’t unusual. But what happens next is. He often gets up early morning, goes to the bathroom, then up to the couch in the salon to read a bit and eventually fall back to…

November 14 – Anchoring in Bashi Creek Only two more locks – Demopolis and Coffeeville – and we will cross Mobile Bay and arrive at our next marina – the Wharf in Orange Beach, in Gulf Shores, Alabama. However that is three nights away, all on the anchor. A long time to be on the…

November 11 – 13 We awaken to drizzling rain and cold. Melanie texts me “any normal person would be sleeping in.” Not us. We are up and out by 7 a.m. We pass the sailboat that went through the lock with us last night. He simply beached his boat on the shore, tied it to…

November 10, 2023 We have a reprieve. Instead of departing Columbus at 6 a.m. – we depart at 8:00 a.m.! What a difference two hours make. Especially in the morning! The journey down the Tombigbee River is more of the same – barges, towboats, foliage, Looper boats. There are three locks – Stennis, Tom Bevil,…

November 9, 2023 Four Locks in One Day Today we are following the same drill as yesterday. Departure is at 6 a.m. with Todd on Sea No Evil taking the lead, and Tom on Beachside in second command. With four locks awaiting us, we have heard this can be a challenging day. We hope we…

Wednesday, November 8, 2023 Two Days of River Locks The Admiral is anxious about the upcoming two days. The Captain not so much. We have three locks to go through today, four tomorrow. It can take an hour to go through a lock; it can take three hours. It depends on barge and boat traffic…

Sunday, November 5 – Tuesday, November 7 Swallow Bluff Island Once again, Kentucky Lake proves to be magnificent -homes on stilts, stately mansions, autumn foliage and stony cliffs climbing the shoreline. We are in an area called “Bath Springs.” Mark’s First Dinghy Ride It’s always heartwarming to witness a Looper’s “first” boating experience. Early afternoon…

Tennessee, that is. Friday, November 3 and Saturday, November 4, 2023 Paris Landing Friday, November 3, we leave Green Turtle Bay for Paris Landing, a state park in Tennessee on Kentucky Lake. Finally we reconnect with Tracy and George on Done Saving and Donna and Doug on Hattitude. They did a five-day side trip to…

October 30, 2023 – November 2, 2023 Sunshine Makes a Visit to Kentucky! Green Turtle Bay Resort and Marina is a Looper favorite, and even more so for the Admiral as Kentucky is her home state. Who would have thought Sunshine would someday make it to Kentucky! In need of a respite from the grueling…