10/11/2020 - BACK AT IT

It's been a while since we've updated the Portagee Looper Blog.  Our last post was in October 2018 after we completed the 650 miles of the Tennessee River - Loop "side trip". 

As a refresher, our Loop trip began in 2017 when we left Reefpoint Marina on Lake Michigan (Racine, WI) and navigated the Chicago, Illinois, Mississippi & Ohio Rivers, and ended at Kentucky Lake.  Essentially, the western 850-mile leg (or 15%) of the 6,000-mile Great Loop.  Plus the 650-mile TN River side trip - that counts!

In July 2019, we skipped waaay ahead to Ontario and cruised the North Channel & Georgian Bay.  It was one of the best trips we've been on.  So much so, that we didn't squander a single second on screen time.  We are looking forward to returning as we make our way up the East Coast into Canada in compliance with the traditional Loop route.  Photos: Georgian Bay anchorages: Bear Island, Pearl Island

For the past 6 weeks, we've enjoyed the hospitality of our friends, Marty and Brenda Colburn, fellow-Cutwater owners (Snapshot C-28) and proprietors of Lighthouse Landing Resort and Marina in Grand Rivers, Kentucky. As a bonus, Ron and Libby Johnson were our dock neighbors! They have been living aboard Tug O' My Heart (R-25 SC) since we met them at the AGLCA Rendezvous at Joe Wheeler State Park in 2016 where we became fast friends.

Photos:  Travel Lift launching Port-a-gee; Yoga on the Jetty.

We're also enjoyed the company of Doug and Pat Grunnet aboard Talisman (Fairline-48), who coincidentally winter-store their boat with ours at Springbrook Marina in Seneca, IL and have begun their Loop Trip this year.  We look forward to many more encounters with them along the way!

So after a little AGLCA attention deficit and then waiting out a couple of hurricanes, we finally cut the lines and pointed Port-A-Gee South up the Tennessee River, to be followed by Tombigee / Blackwater Waterways, Mobile Bay, and finally the Gulf of Mexico!  This will be our most ambitious trip thus far. Come along for the ride!