Friday, October 24, 2014

HERE THEY COME, ONE BY ONE!

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18
The Loopers that is.  The rendezvous is over and we are starting to see boats trickle down the Tenn-Tom.  We took the dingy into the Piney Grove campground and had a nice hike.  Also took our shower gear with us and had a nice shower while we were there. 

We knew we wanted to change venues and find a different anchorage when we saw 4 Looper boats on the horizon.  Decided we better pull up the anchor and move before they got there.  Went into the Natchez Trace Recreation area which encompassed 5 “fingers” of water any which of we anchorable.  We chose the middle finger (no significance there) and plopped our hook down.  Within an hour there were 4 more boats anchored nearby.  Come to find out that 2 of the boats were from our neck of the woods in Lake Michigan, Blue Willow from Petoskey, MI and Patriot from Ludington.  Those 2 boats had rafted together and invited us on board for a drink. 


Had an enjoyable time getting to know some fellow Great Lakers and took in a spectacular sunset!  We anticipate that from this point forward we will be running into many Loopers all the way to the Gulf now.  We are leaving with a group in the morning and hope to do as many as 6 locks...we'll see!

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