America's Great Loop on Emilie B

Since my last post, we have spent 9 days at home, 4 days driving to and from NH, 10 days at Joe Wheeler State Park (pre and post the AGLCA Fall Rendezvous) and another 10 days making our way east on the Tennessee River. The gathering of current, past and future loopers at the AGLCA event was great. We met lots of other boaters and learned so much about the route from here to Norfolk, VA. We are going to take our time moving south, giving the west coast of FL as much time as possible to recover from the hurricanes. While we New Englanders know there is nothing like the fall colors of home, the foliage and weather in TN has been beautiful! We are enjoying a lovely, secluded anchorage on Lake Tellico tonight, this being our furthest point east before turning back and making the journey to rejoin the main loop route in Iuka, MS. 2024 Fall Rendezvous at Joe Wheeler State Park, Rogersville, AL 5 of us left Florence to get through the broken Wilson Lock on the way to the Rendezvous So happy t...

After seeing the devastation from Hurricane Helene and the formation of Milton, we decided to drive home to NH for a week, leaving Emilie B secure in Florence, AL. It is a beautiful time to be in New England, but we remained worried for our family and friends as this hurricane season continues to be catastrophic. These photos are from a couple of weeks ago as we made our way to Florence, enjoying the scenery and continued very warm weather. I don't expect to do another post for a few weeks since our plan is to stay in the Tennessee River area until November.  Dusk at anchor in a bay off Kentucky Lake Takes some effort to get to water Only our wake is disturbing the water Kentucky Lake homes Dawn departure from Clifton Marina - fishing boats have already departed We didn't stay here but looks like fun! Surveying things at Pickwick State Park marina Not sure I'd be comfortable out on this deck (across from the marina in Florence) Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian home in Florence - ...