We have done some very interesting travel
since my last post. We have completed the inland rivers from Hammond, Indiana
to Mobile Alabama, with a side trip to Chattanooga Tn. The good thing is
weather was not an issue, no tides and for the most part not much current to
deal with. We love the locks, so that was good, but for those people that don’t
like them it would be brutal.
We are
currently in Mobile , AL and will be here for a week, doing errands, hopefully
getting a few maintenance issues taken care of and relaxing. To date,
11/18/17, here are our stats for our
Loop so far:
Miles Travelled 4,250
Days Travelled 91
Hours Travelled 380
Fuel Consumed 2223
gallons
Average Speed 11.18
MPH
Locks Traversed 164
Bridges Crossed 457, of which 66 were in one day on the Chicago River
Tunnels Crossed 6
Days lost to
weather 25
Days lost to
repairs 9
We will begin the Gulf Intercoastal Waterway after Thanksgiving and then the Gulf crossing when the weather permits, hopefully getting to Tarpon Springs, Fl., by December 15th or there about. The old saying is that the most dangerous thing on a boat is a schedule, and I agree with that. If you let your schedule drive you, it will cause you to make dangerous decisions. So we just go with the flow.
We will begin the Gulf Intercoastal Waterway after Thanksgiving and then the Gulf crossing when the weather permits, hopefully getting to Tarpon Springs, Fl., by December 15th or there about. The old saying is that the most dangerous thing on a boat is a schedule, and I agree with that. If you let your schedule drive you, it will cause you to make dangerous decisions. So we just go with the flow.
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