Surf & Turf Retirement Adventures

Category: Inland Rivers

  • Great Loops stats so far (at 4,000 miles)

    Great Loops stats so far (at 4,000 miles)

    Scott here! How much have we spent so far?? Here are our stats so far on our Great Loop adventure. We were on the water for 211 nights. Our total cost for marinas and mooring balls was $13,799.40. 157 of those 211 nights we were in a marina or on a mooring ball. The other…

  • Fog, Mud & and Alligator, oh my!

    Fog, Mud & and Alligator, oh my!

    On November 2, 2023, Rita and her group set off early on a foggy morning to navigate the Tombigbee River and its numerous curves or ‘oxbows’. Despite some initial apprehension, Rita successfully drove her boat with the help of intuition and divine guidance. They encountered alligators, seagulls, and navigated a tricky path before reaching their…

  • Travel Day #25 stats

    Travel Day #25 stats

    On November 3, 2023, Scott, Rita, and their pet Jazzy traveled from Tensaw anchorage to Mobile, Alabama. Their journey was complicated due to an unreliable Navionics auto-route, leading them through the Tensaw River’s shallow areas. Despite facing stressful navigation challenges, they eventually reached their destination and encountered dolphins in the shipping channel.

  • Travel Day Nov. 3, 23 (Tensaw anchorage to Mobile, AL) Travel day # 25

    Scott here. It is a little hard to believe this will be out last travel day on the inland rivers. We will be in salt water tomorrow! Pretty excited about that and a whole bunch of new details to learn. Tides, tidal current, and everything that goes along with that whole concept. Here is the…

  • Travel Day Nov. 3, 23 (Tensaw anchorage to Mobile, AL) Travel day # 25

    Scott here. It is a little hard to believe this will be out last travel day on the inland rivers. We will be in salt water tomorrow! Pretty excited about that and a whole bunch of new details to learn. Tides, tidal current, and everything that goes along with that whole concept. Here is the…

  • Travel day #24 stats

    Travel day #24 stats

    Scott here. November 2, 2023 we traveled from Bobby’s Fish Camp to Tensaw anchorage which is technically in Mt. Vernon, AL. We are on the Tensas River about 1 mile off the Ten-Tom River and about 39 miles to Mobile Bay. It was another long day, not as long as yesterday, but it felt like…

  • Travel day Nov 2, 2023 (Coffeeville to Tensas anchorage) travel day #24

    Scott here. Today we leave Bobby’s Fish Camp and head to about 39 miles north of Mobile Bay to Tensaw anchorage. We will be up around 5:30 am to take Jazzy for a walk and get everything ready to go around 6:45 am. Our last lock is only a mile away or so then it…

  • Travel day #23 stats

    Scott here. November 1, 2023 we went from Kingfisher Bay Marina in Demopolis, AL to Coffeeville, AL at Bobby’s Fish Camp. Not a very nice place and I would not recommend anyone stay here. It is small. One dock where you can fit 4 or 5 boats. Before we arrived a large yacht, at least…

  • Locks & Loop Life

    Locks & Loop Life

    Locks – there are a lot of them, and they are way less stressful than they were three weeks ago. We set a new personal record and did four locks in one day 👏🏻🙌🏼 We also had a couple new experiences, and they both occurred in the same lock. I don’t remember which lock it…

  • Travel Day Nov. 1, 23 (Demopolis, AL to Bobby’s Fish Camp) Day # 23

    Scott here. This post is going out tonight instead of 6:00 am tomorrow, because we will be throwing our lines at 5:30 am! Yes, that is way too early!! It will be dark, but we think this is best. We will have a number of buddy boats traveling with us. One that has made this…