We have moved down to Sugar Bay and found a nice cove off to the south side. Very scenic, deep and protected. Motored over to Matt's campsite for some cards and snacks before returning to the boat for dinner.
Matt and I fished the shoal nearby and picked up quite a few fish. Vaughn and I caught a Sauger (walleye?), then we picked up some silver and hybrid bass....maybe another paella shore dinner in order for tomorrow.....we have three fresh fish on the stringer already.
Had a nice walk in the woods nearby....lots of trees down from the recent winds/hurricanes? but the trails are not heavily used...would be fun to brush it out and bring a camper back in close to here. We are already planning to come back to LBL sometime with our new (old) Born Free camper and a fishing boat.....at $20 each per year we can afford that kind of campsite cost...my kind of backcountry camping....fire rings and picnic tables at some sites too!
Cooling down now...upper fourtys at night but 70's in the daytime and sunny...water cooling but was still 74 degree water yesterday afternoon.
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