Mike and Beth's Adventures

  Amy Marie is the "boat symbol" in the middle of the screen November 11th and 12th, 2021 In our last blog we talked about finding a nice anchorage in McKinley Creek.   We enjoyed a tranquil night there but woke to threatening skies in the morning.   A front was forecast to pass through, so we decided to hunker in place.   As we were not rushing to leave, Beth fixed a nice breakfast, we read the e-edition of the paper, and then our books.   It was shaping up to be a relaxing day.   On days like this, we really enjoy our Webasto diesel furnace.   Our boat is equipped for cold, all season boating, in the Pacific Northwest.   The chilly fall days, which we were encountering, are no problem.   We easily maintain a cabin temperature of 68 degrees.    McKinley Creek Anchorage Mid-morning, we received a text from Kittiwake.   They were looking for a spot to ride out the passage of the front and wanted to know if there was room for t...

Aqua Yacht Harbor - Lucca, Mississippi November 9th and 10th, 2021 We mistakenly thought we departed Aqua Yacht Harbor early, as we were underway very close to 8 am.  At Aqua we had caught up with a about 10 other Looper boats.  9 of those boats had departed an hour or more ahead of us, so they were locking through the first lock as we were just getting started.  It is advantageous to travel in a group, as the lockmasters like to minimize the number of "turns" or cycles they do.  So if we wanted to increase our probability of locking through quickly, we had to buddy up with another boat.  As it happen, we buddied up with a fellow from Fulton Mississippi who had just retired and bought a bought a very nice Mainship Mediterranean trawler.  It was about 47' with twin 454 gas engines.  I never got his name, but we enjoyed each others company through the 3 locks we transited to reach Midway Marina in Fulton. Locks Transited on November 9th: Whitten Lock:...