Days 160 Scottsboro AL, - Huntsville AL, Ditto Landing Marina Start 7:30 AM End 12:40 PM Underway 5:00 Hours Distance 38 miles Total Miles on Trip 3125 Av Speed 7.6 knots Locks 1 Weather Rain , 45 Degrees, Wind 5 Knts N Today Angel and I are celebrating seven years together. The last seven years have been wonderful, and I cannot wait to see what the next seven years bring to us. The weather made today's trip cold and raw. It was cold enou...

Days 158-159 Chattanooga, TN - Scottsboro AL, Goose Pond Colony Marina Start 8:52AM End 4:07PM Underway 8:00 Hours Distance 74 miles Total Miles on Trip 3087 Av Speed 9.3 knots Locks 1 Weather Sunny , 67 Degrees, Wind 3Knts N We got a much later start than we wanted to, because we had an online court hearing for a parking ticket that was issued in NJ while we were on the trip. It is bad enough dealing with this, but they rescheduled the hearing with...

Days 150-152 Alred's Marina Guntersville AL - Goose Pond Colony Marina AL Start 7:00 AM End 10:00 AM Underway 3:00 Hours Distance 19 miles Total Miles on Trip 2938Av Speed 6.6 knotsLocks 0Weather Sunny , 56 Degrees, Wind 3 Knts SE The big day for Nick & Ginger (Ginger Gale) is here. Eleven Months and close to 6000 miles and they crossed their wake (are returning to their home port. (Crossing Your Wake signifies that you have completed The Great Loop.) We l...

Days 149 Hambrick Hollow Anchorage - Alred's Marina Guntersville AL Start 9:15 AM End 10:30 AM Underway 1:20 Hours Distance 7.6 miles Total Miles on Trip 2918 Av Speed 5.8 knots Locks 0 Weather Sunny , 53 Degrees, Wind 3 Knts NE Our trip from Hambrick Hollow to Alred's was probably the shortest run we have done so far. We are stopping at Alred's so we are very close to Nick & Ginger's (Ginger Gale) homeport. Alred's is 20...

Days 148 Ditto Landing Marina AL - Hambrick Hollow Anchorage Start 1:05 AM End 4:00 PM Underway 2:30 Hours Distance 15 miles Total Miles on Trip 2910 Av Speed 6.0 knots Locks 1 Weather Sunny , 67 Degrees, Wind 6Knts NW We traveled a whole 15 miles today from Ditto Landing Marina to Hambrick Hollow Anchorage. Because we only had a very short run, and Nick & Ginger were waiting for their Millie & Bradley, their great niece and granddaughter, w...