TWINS on the Loop: 2007 Shakeout Cruise

Part 3 “Our real cruising story begins”!

2007 - Shakeout cruise on the Great Loop, Michigan and the North Channel aboard TWINS, our boat that's named for our new grandchildren, Mia Anne and Benjamin James.

This monthlong cruise took us from Spring Lake up Lake Michigan under the Big Mac and over to the North Channel for two weeks of great anchorages and exploration.

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