We did something that Loopers are not supposed to do... we made a schedule. We needed to be at Joe Wheeler State Park for the AGLCA Fall rendezvous by Sunday. Between us and Joe Wheeler were about 61 miles of water and two locks. Normally, that would not be a concern, but one of the … Continue reading Grand Harbor to the Wilson Lock: Testing Our Lock Luck

We took off out of Clifton at first light. We only had about 63 miles to go, but the Pickwick Lock was between us and our destination at Grand Harbor on Pickwick Lake. The main lock was undergoing an unscheduled repair, so they were using the secondary lock. Plus, some rain had increased the flow … Continue reading Clifton to Grand Harbor: Swimming Upstream

Okay, it wasn't wild. It was actually pretty chill. But it was wet. We pulled out of Pebble Isle at 0700 and turned into the current of the Tennessee River. It was a calm, cool morning with some high clouds. We spent most of the day cruising at between 9 and 10 mph and dodging … Continue reading Pebble Isle to Clifton: Wet ‘n’ Wild

Today we learned about sacrificial anodes. Well, we already knew about them in theory, but we learned about them for real today. Last week, as we were looking ahead at getting to the Gulf and introducing Our Dash to salt water for the first time, we started thinking about replacing our anodes. For the uninitiated, … Continue reading A Little Sacrifice Goes a Long Way

What a beautiful day to be on the water! We left GTB (We've been there awhile. We can call it by its initials.) at 7:00 underneath a stunning sunrise. This time, we turned right out of the marina and right again into the channel between Barkley and Kentucky Lakes for our first time on the … Continue reading Green Turtle Bay to Pebble Isle: Not THAT Johnsonville*!

After a few days enjoying Nashville, we were back at the Clarksville Marina for the second time. We left the boat there for two weeks while we took a trip to Wisconsin and Texas for a quick visit with the fam, back to the boat for a few days, then a quick run to Fort … Continue reading An Ode to Clarksville, Tennessee

We got up early to get a 0700 start on the 94 mile trip from Clarksville to Green Turtle Bay resort. There was a dense fog on the water, so we went back to bed for a little while. By 0800, the fog was mostly clear, so we set out. Clarksville was good to us, … Continue reading Clarksville to Green Turtle Bay: Cruising with the Current

Our time in Nashville has come to an end. We left on a beautiful Saturday morning. As we were packing up, we heard the unexpected sound of a Jody. We looked above us and saw the heads of a military unit (like, the actual heads, not the leaders, necessarily) marching across the bridge. The part … Continue reading Nashville to Clarksville: Movin’ to the ‘burbs

We were in Nashville Monday through Saturday morning. Owen worked the weekdays, then went out and about for dinner and or whatever in the evenings. The dock was in a great location. The gate was not obvious to the normal passersby, and it was far enough away from the shore to prevent any shenanigans from … Continue reading Nashville: A Week Downtown

Okay, we didn't have a flotilla, but it sounded funny. We planned to leave at dawn again to make the 60ish mile trip to Nashville. We had one lock, the Cheatham Lock, and the nice folks we met at the dock the night before said that they had to wait three hours. It's a smaller … Continue reading Clarksville to Nashville: Flotilla in the Mist