Dave Mamo

  Christmas in Florida is much different than in Michigan.  We did see some nice Christmas lights at the Naples Botanical Garden and we had a nice visit with Val’s dad Bob in Titusville, FL.  Fort Myers Beach and Pink Shell Marina was a nice stay but we were ready to move on December 30th. […]

 It is time in our schedule to slow down and start to enjoy the Florida weather for the winter.  The Holiday season is upon us and this will be the first time that we are going to spend the entire winter outside of Michigan.  Val and I both feel it is a bit hard to

  This has been a very beautiful 15 days of boating in Florida.  The weather started out a little cold but not as cold as it was in Michigan.   The temps dropped down to the 50’s at night and only up to mid 60’s during the day.  But then on the 4th day in

   With new props installed on October 30, we decided to move on the same day to Fairhope, AL across Mobile Bay.  The following seas made for a nice run, but the seas kept coming for the next two days right into the marina. The westerly winds made for a rocky couple days at port

   We made it to the Gulf of Mexico! It was nice to be in Mobile Bay and then Orange Beach, Alabama.  Val said we could have drove our car 1,050 miles for 15 hours in two days, but no, we had to take our boat 2,562 miles for 3 months.  Most Loopers do a

With 350 mile and 5 locks to go, we are looking forward to making it to the Gulf. The Tenn-Tom Waterway, https://www.tenntom.org/, had a couple nice towns to visit like Fulton TN and Columbus MS. While at Grand Harbor Marina in Fulton, we visited the Shiloh Military Park and the town of Fulton. This was

   Nashville is one great city.  I lost count after 100 cranes rebuilding this town to accommodate all the people moving here from all over the country.  And talk about Music, this town is all about music.  From the Grand Ole Opry, to Broadway Street, there is music everywhere.  We spent 6 days here at

  Our stay at Green Turtle Bay Resort on Lake Barkley, KY for 7 Nights was very nice and relaxing.  The weather was around 90 degrees and sunny for most days. This is a place that many loopers stop in and some stay for as long as one month. We saw many loopers come and

We had a wonderful and relaxing stay at Alton Marina, IL for one week. The bathrooms and showers are worth mentioning because they even had soap and towels like a motel which is unheard of. A nice pool and things nearby made this a place to come back to. There are many looper that we

Alton Illinois on the Mississippi is the place to be if you are a Looper and on the way down the rivers.  This will be the last fuel stop for the next 268 miles at Paducah Kentucky. YIKES. We had an interesting ride here from Peoria. Most stop at Havana, tie up at La Grange,