Travel Day 68 to Kingfisher Marina, Demopolis, AL 11/5/21
We left Cook's Bend after a wonderful, quiet night. The sky had been very dark at night and all we heard were the cicadas. Since it was...
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Gemini Crew
- Nov 6, 2021
- 2 min
Travel Day 65to67 Midway Marina, MS to South Cook's Bend, AL 11/1-4/21
It is a long way down! Well we went through our biggest lock yet. The James Whitten Lock was an 84' drop. We traveled at first light with...
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Gemini Crew
- Nov 4, 2021
- 2 min
Travel Day 64 to Grand Harbor Marina, MS 10/28/21
We had a really long day again, leaving at first light, 6:40 am, and going 10.75 hours and 49.1 miles. It was windy and rainy with gusts...
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Gemini Crew
- Oct 30, 2021
- 1 min
Travel Day 63 to Clifton Marina, Clifton, TN 10/27/21
2500 NM!! WOW! We hit a big milestone. We left as soon as we could see some buoys to leave the marina since it was a little tricky to get...
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Gemini Crew
- Oct 29, 2021
- 1 min
Travel Day 62 to Pebble Isle Marina, TN 10/25/21
Today we only went 27.4NM in 4.5 hours. It was cold, cloudy and windy. We took on fuel and determined our fuel consumption is 3.4 mpg or...
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Gemini Crew
- Oct 29, 2021
- 2 min
Travel Day 61 to Paris Landing Marina State Park, TN 10/24/21
We had a short stay in Green Turtle Bay this time. Just long enough to recuperate and provision. I did get my nails done by Shawana at...
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Gemini Crew
- Oct 23, 2021
- 1 min
Travel Days 59-60 to Green Turtle Bay Resort, Grand Rivers, KY 10/20/21/21
The Cheatham Lock. You can see the rails that pull barges that get broken up for the tows. We left Nashville after saying goodbye to...
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Gemini Crew
- Oct 23, 2021
- 3 min
Travel Day 58 to Nashville, TN 10/17/21
Welcome to Nashville! A sculpture near the marina that is from an amusement park that closed. We had a short cruise to Nashville...
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Gemini Crew
- Oct 17, 2021
- 2 min
Travel Day 57 to Commodore Yacht Club, West Nashville, TN 10/14/21
We traveled to the Commodore Yacht Club today instead of staying at Clarksville because we thought we would have more to do. It was a...
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Gemini Crew
- Oct 14, 2021
- 1 min
Travel Day 56 to Clarksville, TN 10/13/21 2200 NM
Traveling up the Cumberland River we see eagles, blue, herons, turtles and lots of trees! The current has kept us at an average of 5...
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Gemini Crew
- Oct 13, 2021
- 1 min
Travel Day 55 to Dover Island, TN 10/12/21 over 52.7 NM 9 hr run
We left Green Turtle Bay Resort and Marina heading towards Nashville. We planned to stop the first night at Bumpus Marina, however after...
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Gemini Crew
- Oct 13, 2021
- 3 min
Travel Day 54 to Green Turtle Bay Resort and Marina, KY 10/4/21
Kentucky Lock and Dam We were 7 boats leaving Paducah. This is where everyone has to make the decision whether to continue up the Ohio...
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Gemini Crew
- Oct 6, 2021
- 2 min
Travel Day 53 to Paducah, KY 10/2/21 9 States to Date: NY, PA, OH, MI, IN, IL, MO, KY
Leaving early on a rainy morning, we were right around the bend from the confluence of the Upper Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. Since we...
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Gemini Crew
- Oct 6, 2021
- 1 min
Travel Day 52 to Boston Bar Anchorage on the Mississippi River 10/1/21 We hit the 2000 NM mark!
Cairo, IL Since we had an early departure from Kaskaskia River Bend we were able to pass Diversion Canal with considerably more...
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Gemini Crew
- Oct 2, 2021
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Travel Day 51 to Kaskaskia River Bend, IL 9/30/21 9.5 hour day 74.5 NM
We left Alton at dusk to get a jump start on the day. Because we were delayed by two days we were trying to make a big push. Everyone...
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Gemini Crew
- Oct 2, 2021
- 2 min
Travel Day 50 to Alton, IL 9/25/21
Wow! 50 Travel days since leaving Long Island. Hal moved the boat by himself this time. He went to Alton Marina and pumped out and went...
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Gemini Crew
- Oct 2, 2021
- 2 min
Travel Day 49 to Grafton, IL 9/16/21
Grafton is located at the confluence of the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers. We stayed at the Grafton Harbor Marina which is located at...
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Gemini Crew
- Sep 21, 2021
- 2 min
Travel Day 48 to Mel's Riverfront Restaurant, Hardin, IL over 1800 NM
It was an easy but long travel day. We passed an interesting dredge and had to wait for a tow pushing several barges but it was not a bad...
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Gemini Crew
- Sep 20, 2021
- 1 min
Travel Day 47 to LaGrange Lock, IL 9/14/21
Leaving early, 7:30 am, we were originally headed for Beardstown, IL. We were going to stay on the barge at Logston Tug and Barge,...
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Gemini Crew
- Sep 15, 2021
- 1 min
Travel Day 46 to Havana, IL 9/13/21 over 1700 NM !
Well what started out as a simple day turned into one of the longest days. First we had to wait 2 hours for the Peoria Lock and Dam. We...
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