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Our GB "TWINS" and the Journey on America's Great Loop

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2009 updates are found at a new blogspot!

http://twinsgreatloop2009.blogspot.com/

The sun goes down over the Tennessee River

The sun goes down over the Tennessee River
Kayaks back home at our stern

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  • ►  2010 (1)
    • ►  January (1)
  • ▼  2008 (272)
    • ►  December (1)
    • ►  November (1)
    • ▼  October (43)
      • AGLCA Joe Wheeler Fall Rendezvoux 2008
      • Tennessee, Mississippi, now Alabama.....
      • Tight turn for the Tow
      • Flotilla passing a Tow
      • Leaving anchorage at Double Island with 5 other Lo...
      • We've seen a lot of Bald Eagles
      • TN River Rock
      • Rockfish
      • A nesting pair of bald eagles for neighbors in Cla...
      • Fall colors starting to show more
      • Leaving LBL and crossing into Tennessee today
      • Searching out the writing on headstones in this sm...
      • A nice place to sit and watch the sunset ....small...
      • THE CASE OF THE MISSING KAYAKS
      • Newby Cemetary just off Duncan Bay Anchorage
      • Tows entering Kentucky Dam
      • Back to KY Lake and on up the Tennessee River
      • The old farm
      • Homeplace at LBL....the man cave
      • Wildlife on the Loop
      • Looper Paella
      • Looper Shore Dinner Party
      • Sugar Bay Sunset (local fisherman at center)
      • New Neighbors at Sugar Bay Cove...Blue Angel and A...
      • Sugar Sugar.... .....
      • Sonya's Birthday
      • First Paella on the Loop.....Camping out at Nickel...
      • Sugar Bay
    • ►  September (147)
    • ►  August (80)

GTB Sunrise

GTB Sunrise

You're barn's on fire!

You're barn's on fire!
6 weeks of smoking the tobacco leaves to create snuff or chewing tobacco!

Twins Chase Vehicle on the Loop

Twins Chase Vehicle on the Loop
It's a courtesy car on the move if you can catch us with it!

what a mess....pulled anchor....and raised a bramble patch..Bassholes strike again!!!!!

what a mess....pulled anchor....and raised a bramble patch..Bassholes strike again!!!!!
a bunch of branches wired together to a rock caught in our anchor...wire cutters please!

They started a burn ban yesterday in LBL due to drought and the leaves falling.

They started a burn ban yesterday in LBL due to drought and the leaves falling.
luckily we enjoyed a fire earlier in the week

When they dammed Lake Barkley, they did not cut any of the trees first so you find them at anchor

When they dammed Lake Barkley, they did not cut any of the trees first so you find them at anchor
this was the top of a tree we pulled up in the morning after swinging for two nights!

The water is down for the winter pool

The water is down for the winter pool
so you can see the bridge and road!

Louisville Slugger Bat

Louisville Slugger Bat

Unscheduled stop in Louisville

Unscheduled stop in Louisville
Ryder Cup and the Slugger

Finally Some real exercise

Finally Some real exercise
We rode the bikes from the anchorage to the boat show....sore legs after the up's and downs, particularly the gravel up to the highway!

Finally some time for fishing....

Finally some time for fishing....
....looks like fish on the grill tonight!

First Meal out in Paducah

First Meal out in Paducah
a Pizza from a nice wood fired oven at Max's to celebrate the Loop closing of "Our Turn"

Synopsis of our First Segment from MI to KY

91 Engine Hours

750 Miles

375 Gallons of Diesel

One Lake Crossing - Mishegame

5 States - MI, IN, IL, MO, KY

Main Rivers - Chicago, Des Plaines, Illinois, Mississippi, Ohio, Cumberland

a bunch of locks and bridges

one dinged prop

Our first Segment of the Loop is complete at Land Between the Lakes, KY

Our TWINS Trip - First Segment, getting the Boat to Land of the Lakes Area

Grand Haven to St Joe
2 nights in St Joe on the wall, due to weather/waves on Mishegame
2 nights at anchorage in Chicago Harbor…fantastic skyline
One night on the wall (AC!) in Joliet ...Chicago bridges and skyscrapers
2 nights ….On the (did I say free) wall at Ottawa
One night at Blue Creek point anchorage on shallow Peoria Lake
One night at Bar Island with Our Turn, our new river friends
2 nights at Grafton Marina with Hurricane Gustaf’s record rainfall
One night at Hoppies….bent our prop in the morning startup
One night in Little Diversion Canal after dodging debris in Big Muddy
One night at Cumberland Towhead …..relatively calm waters of Ohio

now....2 nights at Green Turtle Bay decompressing Start of Second Segment Anchorage by Barkley Canal having our prop pulled by Billy the Diver

Covered in fish flies from the anchorage

Covered in fish flies from the anchorage
The Gulls went crazy!

Sun's up on Peoria Lake

Sun's up on Peoria Lake
...leaving the Blue Point Creek Anchorage

Stern Anchor Chain

Stern Anchor Chain
from the muddy waters by Blue Creek Point

Ottawa FREE wall (from the porch of the Ottawa Boat Club)

Ottawa FREE wall (from the porch of the Ottawa Boat Club)
end of week one!

Lying along the wall in Chicago Harbor!

Lying along the wall in Chicago Harbor!
north of the Chicago Harbor Light

Lying along the wall at St Joe

Lying along the wall at St Joe
End of Day One....day two too!

Leaving Spring Lake under the Grand Haven Bridge

Leaving Spring Lake under the Grand Haven Bridge
THE Journey Begins

The burgee on the big lake Mishegame...north wind at one knot!

The burgee on the big lake Mishegame...north wind at one knot!

August 2008.....

August 2008.....
Time to hit the water

North Channel 2007

North Channel 2007
Benjamins

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Spring Lake & Punta Gorda, Mishegame or the FL sandbar
Their blog chronicles the journey of Jim and Vaughn aboard their boat TWINS as they travel the Great Loop (aka Great Circle), their multi-year circumnavigation of lakes, rivers, and waterways around the Eastern United States.
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Paella on the rocks....

Paella on the rocks....
North Channel Cuisine

cooking paella over an open wood fire

cooking paella over an open wood fire

have pan will travel....

have pan will travel....
resting before consumption!

Twins at Anchor

Twins at Anchor
Heywood Island, North Channel

Anchored at the cut...

Anchored at the cut...
Beardrop Harbour