Surf & Turf Retirement Adventures

Tag: GreatLoop

  • Travel Day #14 stats

    Travel Day #14 stats

    Scott here. October 17, 2023 Paducah Transient Docks to Grand Rivers, KY where Green Turtle Bay Marina and Resort sits. Today was a pretty easy travel day. We moved from our slip to the fuel dock and waited for an employee to get the fuel and pump our ready. We needed a pump out more…

  • Travel Day Oct 17, 23 (Paducah to Grand Rivers, KY) Travel Day 14

    YES!! This is our rest point for 4 nights!! We are both very excited about that. This is a “resort” and has a lot of amenities to include a loaner car so we will be able to provision for the next journey south.

  • Travel Day #13 stats

    October 16, 2023 Boston Bar anchorage on the Mississippi River to Paducah, KY Today was strange. Our initial plan with our buddy boats was to leave around 8:00 am and Dove was going to leave earlier as they tend to go slower than the rest of us. We heard from Dove around 7 am that…

  • Travel Day #12 stats

    Travel Day #12 stats

    Scott here Lesson learned. When I schedule a post I need to make sure my computer or something gets on the internet to get out! This part of the Mississippi River seems to be in the middle of nowhere with slim to no internet. Tonight we are close to a highway, so we should have…

  • Travel Day Oct. 15, 23 (Kaskaskia Lock to Little River Diversion) (Travel Day #12)

    Scott here A little longer drive today! An extra 30 miles! A lock wall to an anchorage. We will be rafting to our buddy boat, Dove, in a way I have never rafted. I will share those details with you in my next post! Initial PlanDate: 10/15/23Route name in Aqua Maps: TD: 10/15/23 (Kaskaskia Lock…

  • Travel day # 11 stats

    Scott here, but you knew that based on the title of this post! Much better day weather wise than yesterday. Although it is cold! I don’t think it ever topped 60 degrees! Let’s see how we did in my planning. Plan v ACTUALDate: October 14, 2023Start at: 9:30 am ACTUAL 9:25 amEnd at: 1:45 pm…

  • Travel Day Oct. 14, 23 (Hoppies Marina to Kaskaskia Lock) (Travel Day #11)

    Scott here Today we will have about 42 miles of nothing by countryside to look at. I am hoping it is pretty!! Today we are heading to tie off at the Kaskaskia Lock and Dam wall. Kaskaskia Lock will get us off the river and that makes me happy, plus there is a nearby park…

  • Travel Day #9 stats

    Scott here for stats for October 11, 2023 travel day. If all travel days were like this it would be wonderful, but it would take forever to complete the Loop! A nice relaxing day is what we needed! It was nice to walk around Alton, have lunch, and have daylight left when we got back…

  • Travel Day, Oct. 11, 2023 (Grafton, IL to Alton, IL)

    Scott hereTravel day #9 All righty now. Time to travel the Mississippi River! We made it through the IL River without much of a fuss. BUT, it has admittedly felt like work at this point. Moving every day. This year is a little different on the Loop with flotillas of boats sort of pushing us…

  • Travel day #8 stats

    Travel day #8 stats

    Scott here. Remember my last travel day stats post? I had the # wrong. That one should have been #7. Plan v ActualDate: 10/10/23Route name in Aqua Maps: TD: 10/10/23 (Beardstown to Grafton)Nebo Link: Click hereCrew: Captain Scott, 1st Mate Rita, & K9 JazzyStart at: 7:00 am Actual 7:43 amEnd at: 4:00 pm Actual 4:15…