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Nov 18, 20211 min read
Travel Day 76 to Gulf Shores, Fort Morgan, AL 11/16/21
Underway 11.5 hours! We used every ounce of daylight there was and then some. We left at 5:35 am before sunrise at arrived at 5:15 pm....
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Gemini Crew
Nov 17, 20212 min read
Travel Day 75 to Bay St. Louis, MS 11/14/21
Jackpot, Jack and JoAnn, cross their wake and arrive home! Arriving at Bay St.Louis we fueled up since it was $3.10 a gallon. After...
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Gemini Crew
Nov 17, 20211 min read
Travel Day 74 to Gulfport,MS 11/13/21
Gulfport Municipal Marina. Since it took forever to get the anchor up we knew we were in good! We weren't moving anywhere in that 30 mph...
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Gemini Crew
Nov 14, 20211 min read
Travel Day 73 to Lake Yazoo, MS 11/12/21 3000 NM!
JACKPOT crosses their wake! We left Mobile, AL and turned west to go with our cruising buddies Jackpot, JoAnn and Jack, to watch them...
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Gemini Crew
Nov 12, 20212 min read
Travel Day 72 to Turner Marine, Mobile, AL 11/10/21
New landscape! Cruising down the river we saw alligators and now we are cruising with dolphins! As we got closer to Mobile Bay it became...
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Gemini Crew
Nov 12, 20212 min read
Travel Days 69-71 From Kingfisher Marina to Tensaw River,AL 11/7-9/21
We left Kingfisher Marina right after the fog lifted. There was a "mandatory" captains meeting the night before. The lock master wants...
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Gemini Crew
Nov 11, 20212 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20211 min read
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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