Yesterday at anchorage the winds picked up so we picked up and moved to the Marina a day early....and took it at a weekly rate. The marina is busy with an in-water boat show and full but they were able to find us a covered slip and we're happy to be tied to a dock as the wind and rains from Hurricane Ike are passing though right now!
Today is 20 to 30 mph winds with gusts up to 45mph....a good day to be under cover and tied up. Yesterday was 96 degrees in Paducah and windy. That is 15 degrees above normal. It's been a hot and sunny week in this Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area....a very nice place so far and lots more to see.
We are going to make a run home today to drop off unneeded stuff, pick up a few things and snuggle grandchildren. I'm loading my pickup camper on our truck so my son and his bride can come down for a visit to the boat and enjoy a week camping in the LBL area. Lots of campsites for $12/night. As the cooler fall weather comes, we hope the trees turn color and campfires are more welcome. (maybe a paella on the beach)
We are planning on bringing down a beater Ranger pickup truck to have some wheels in this area and other places where we slow down along our loop. It's an old company truck that's being put out to pasture in Cincinnati. We'll see how that idea treat's us.
So expect the blog to be quieter this week ....maybe a few more pics from the huge picture file I've developed. Ted Stehle of Waterway Guide and Skipper Bob Publications has asked for permission to use pictures and/or snips from our posts on his cruisers website.....neat eh?
Enjoy Every Sandwich
The sun goes down over the Tennessee River
Kayaks back home at our stern
GTB Sunrise
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
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!!!!!
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.
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
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
so you can see the bridge and road!
Louisville Slugger Bat
Unscheduled stop in Louisville
Ryder Cup and the Slugger
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....
....looks like fish on the grill tonight!
First Meal out in Paducah
a Pizza from a nice wood fired oven at Max's to celebrate the Loop closing of "Our Turn"
Covered in fish flies from the anchorage
The Gulls went crazy!
Sun's up on Peoria Lake
...leaving the Blue Point Creek Anchorage
Stern Anchor Chain
from the muddy waters by Blue Creek Point
Ottawa FREE wall (from the porch of the Ottawa Boat Club)
end of week one!
Lying along the wall in Chicago Harbor!
north of the Chicago Harbor Light
Lying along the wall at St Joe
End of Day One....day two too!
Leaving Spring Lake under the Grand Haven Bridge
THE Journey Begins
The burgee on the big lake Mishegame...north wind at one knot!
August 2008.....
Time to hit the water
North Channel 2007
Benjamins
About us....
- TWINS
- 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.
Paella on the rocks....
North Channel Cuisine
cooking paella over an open wood fire
have pan will travel....
resting before consumption!
Twins at Anchor
Heywood Island, North Channel
Anchored at the cut...
Beardrop Harbour