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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)
    • ▼  September (147)
      • Sunset on Smiths Bay
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      • The Kids are on boars at Nickell
      • Kentucky Lake...finally
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      • Paducah BBQ Festival....Whole Hog, Ribs, Brisket, ...
      • Paducah Farmers Market
      • Now that's a dinged Prop (Wheel) Stainless!
      • Tow Boat Tour....Paducah BBQ Festival 2008
      • Happy Birthday to me.....
      • Paddlewheeler
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      • We used this floating dock less than two weeks ago...
      • Barge mooring chain
      • Fishing the bluffs along the Cumberland River at t...
      • Headquarters passing a tow on the corner
      • Learning something new EVERY day now....surviving ...
      • As good as it gets.....
      • Flock of turkeys beachcombing
      • Time to catch some fish...my first striper bass wa...
      • Misty Morning
      • Sun setting on Dry Creek anchorage...passing tow i...
      • This guy from Marathon Ashland Petroleum was heade...
      • This debris field in shallow water reminded me of ...
      • Castle Rock along Lake Barkley, KY
      • The stonework of the old Kentucky State Prison
      • Kuttawa Bay Anchorage is protected by breakwater t...
      • Sunrise at Kuttawa anchorage
      • It was a little scarry seeing a bird on the rocks ...
      • Tow and empty barges transiting Barkley canal to u...
      • Last Day at Green Turtle Bay
      • With Twin Toddlers, it's hard to get two of them i...
      • There is definately something wrong with this phot...
      • Looper Party at GTB
      • Quiet end to a busy week.
      • Waking up in the land of the free.....
      • Barkley Canal connects the Cumberland and Tennesse...
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      • High Tech fishing from the Rubber Duck named Benja...
      • .....Oh I wish I was an Oscar Mayer Weiner.....
      • A week at Green Turtle Bay
      • Sunset from our covered slip at GTB...tucked in fo...
      • New neighbors have moved in
      • Beachcombing for exercise, we found these nice lures!
      • Barkley Lock and Dam view from the anchorage
      • Nice Whitetail Buck came out for a stroll along th...
      • Local fisherman.....
      • Kayaks deployed
      • Dingy deployed
      • Finally a day to relax, read a book, catch some fi...
      • Tow with coal barges going up the Cumberrland Rive...
      • Rafted up with Billy and getting ready to dive on ...
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      • Prop repaired on the Cumberland River
      • Green Turtle Bay Resort, Lake Barkley, KY
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      • Our Turn crossing their wake....happy loop day.......
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      • No waiting on Aisle 1
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      • This tow before Barkley Lock had us stop and get o...
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      • River Explorer entering the Cumberland...it's two ...
      • A quick pull in the morning to beat this tow and t...
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      • Anchorage at Cumberland Towhead
      • Creaky old doors on this Lock 53 built in 1948 and...
      • Our Locky Day....the first lock was open river due...
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      • Smiling on the Ohio.....relaxing after the turn up...
      • The turn onto the Ohio...we're happy to be off the...
      • Passing a barge three abrest....a coulpe of nice D...
      • The spin cycle is on!
      • Passing again on the two whistle with the opposing...
      • Passing on the two whistle but outside the channel
      • Loch Ness Monster....
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      • looks familiar out here....
      • Out of LDC and back onto the Miss in the morning ....
      • Eating well in the anchorage.....we grill out a lo...
      • Tucked in for the night on the Little Diversion Ca...
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      • Pushing 24 big barges....upstream against a 3-4 kn...
      • OOPS....another big Tow bearing down on us....I'm ...
      • I called them Swirlpools
      • Flooding waters and the wingdams really put the ri...
      • We skirted the whirlpools just after tower rock......
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      • Passing an upbound tow kicking up a roostertail wa...
      • Submerged Red Nun
      • Current, Debris fields and Fog....why not add a Mi...
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    • ►  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