So my plan was to anchor out in Panther Bay and get up the next morning and go hiking on some trails in the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area. Then move father south on the Tennessee River and find another anchorage for the...
The sail plan for the day was a short 3 hour hop on Kentucky Lake from Green Turtle Bay resort to Panther Bay. Panther Bay is in the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area and there are some hiking trails that one can reach...
Oct 24th. Started early with a Navagation meeting with The Loons, Knot Diggin and ourselves. The destination was decided to head to Green Turtle Bay for a few days of R&R. Green Turtle Bay is a looper favourite, Catherine called it a velcro stop because...
October 21st. Started out rainy and grey. We called the Melvin Price Lock, which we could see from our marina, to see if they could handle us at 0700. We were told to wait half an hour before leaving the marina and they should be...
Paducah Kentucky is located at the confluence of the Tennessee and Ohio rivers, only 30 miles from the Mississippi River so it became a center for Riverboat and rail transportation. The river has seen some huge floods over the years so they built a big...
After a quiet night at anchor behind Diamond Island we were awakened by some hunters racing by and hooting just before sunrise. It was a beautiful still morning on the river. Roughly 25 miles later we saw some turbulence in the water and got a little...
Oct 16 2019. After our day of rest and recuperation we were keen to continue further South. Armed with the knowledge obtained yesterday at "Looper School" with Jeremy at Heritage Harbour Marina, we set out at first light destined for an anchorage along the way. We...
Oct 14th. The plan was to leave Joliet at 7AM to be able to clear a lift bridge that would not open during rush hour and then make our way through 3 locks ending in Ottawa at a recommended marina before dinner time. It almost...
On Sunday Oct 11th. we woke to a beautiful sunrise. It was marathon day in Chicago, with the running of the Chicago marathon. There were helicopters, police sirens and even the Chicago fire department's fire boat buzzing the habour. With the Wason's and our new friends on...
It has been my experience while cruising on Nautoncall that a lot of places are aptly named. In this case nicknamed aptly. Chicago is the Windy City! We stayed on a mooring ball in Munroe Harbor for 3 more days and it was one of...