November 6, 2024 A bald eagle passes a tow north of Columbus, MS We were up early and departed before sunrise from Midway Marina. We...

November 3, 2024 The stump field next to Midway Marina lies in wait for the unsuspecting boater. After leaving Bay Springs we traveled...

date (l-r) Anthony G, Eleanor, Emily, Henry and Anthony J. pose for a photo with astronaut Hoot Gibsonin Huntsville Alabama. Our initial...

date Cypress trees along the Tombigbee. After the Rendezvous ended, we departed Rogersville, passed through the fearsome. Wilson lock...

date Rendezvous Dock at Joe Wheeler With some of our Wilson Lock troubles behind us, we locked through the auxiliary lock and we're given...

9-23-2024 Florence AL bridge over the Tennessee River We stayed in Iuka, Mississippi until Monday morning because the Enterprise Rental...

9-20-24 Shiloh Battlefield We were up early and left Clifton Marina surprisingly easily, pulling onto Kentucky lake under a clear sky....

9-19-2024 Katie B and Resonance nestled into Clifton marina. We awakened to a dense fog, blanketing Pebble Isle Marina early in the...

9-18-2024 The harbor at Pebble Isle Another fantastic day of cruising Kentucky lake. We transited the very circuitous and somewhat...

9-17-24 We had a beautiful cruise from Green turtle Bay to Paris Landing across the wide and gorgeous Kentucky lake. We passed dozens of...

9-11-2024 The long transient dock at Green Turtle Bay We left Paducah and decided to take the Cumberland River through the Barkley lock...

9-9-2024 The public dock on the Ohio River at Paducah. Katie B tied up across from Checkmate. Several hours following our departure...

9-9-2024 Katie (and the lemon look) at anchor in Little Diversion Canal just off the Mississippi River. After a pleasant overnight stop...

9-8-2024 Katie B. passes the St. Louis Arch We were up and left Alton Illinois early in company with Et Cetera. Somewhat to our...

the date Sandstone Bluffs and Caves along the Mississippi Alton Illinois is a short cruise from Grafton, only about 20 miles on the...

8-30-2024 We were up early and left our anchorage for the short run to Grafton. I was concerned about entering the marina and docking...

8-28 and 8-29-2024 The lower Illinois River is covered in bald eagles. We departed the abandoned lock at Henry, Illinois early in the...

8-26-24 We tied up in an old river lock abandoned in the 1920's to shelter from a ferocious thunderstorm (See the video below). We...

August 23-24, 2024 Heritage Harbor Marina is a storied marina. It is the first stop past Joliet after several locks and in the past has...

August 22, 2024 The long awaited day had arrived! For whatever reason, we had been dreading the voyage down the Illinois River for at...

August 4, 2024 Kathy's 50th high school reunion was a great time and we enjoyed our trip to Minneapolis, followed by four days in...

7-30-2024 We took a long days cruise from Racine, Wisconsin to DuSable Harbor in Chicago. We entered the breakwater just north of Navy...

7-26-2024 We wanted to like Racine, we really did. And we might've gotten off to a better start except that when we entered the Racine...

7-18-2024 We really knew very little about Port Washington, WI before our arrival other than it was a convenient marina stop between...