March 2, 2018 - Stats Update

A lot of time has passed since I last posted stats but not a lot of miles. With the holidays and a long time waiting to cross the gulf, we have been sitting a lot. Linda and Roofus don’t think so, but I like to be moving or at least doing things in different towns, being in one place seems too much like being at home without transportation. This post covers from Mobile AL. to Daytona Beach, FL., which includes 270 miles on the Gulf Inter-coastal Waterway across the panhandle, 187 miles crossing the Gulf of Mexico, 193 miles on the Gulf Inter-coastal Waterway along the west coast of Florida, 146 miles across the Okeechobee Waterway, and then 160 miles up the Atlantic Inter-coastal Waterway. With this segment  we are back in tidal waters for the most part and mostly salt water, the things we are most accustomed to, but the tides are very different in timing and scope, and we have more extremes ahead.

 We are currently in Daytona Beach, FL and will be moving on tomorrow heading further north. To date, 03/02/18,  here are our stats for our Loop so far:

Miles Travelled          5206

Days Travelled           111

Hours Travelled         603

Fuel Consumed         3411 gallons

Average Speed           8.64 MPH

Locks Traversed        171

Bridges Crossed        547, of which 66 were in one day on the Chicago River

Tunnels Crossed        7

Days lost to weather      54

Days lost to repairs        13

We will be continuing north on the AICW stopping in St Augustine for a couple of days then heading to Jacksonville, FL where we will do the St Johns River side trip before returning to Jacksonville the head home up the AICW. Our projections for being complete are approximately mid-June depending on any side trips we want to do. This trip is a great adventure and learning process, as well as lots of fun and meeting wonderful people along the way.