Jammin Jane Travels: Reunited...and it feels so good!!

Feels good to be back with our Looper friends!

It has been a LOOOOOONG week...We left Monday from Nashville and made 5 stops in 5 days traveling over 350 miles. That might not seem like a lot but we only travel 10 miles per hour (Bonus: this is what makes this trip economical, we move slow and save on diesel. It also allows us to see and hear all the gorgeous views along the way). So we were putting in, on average, 71 miles a day...that is about 8+ hours at the helm (actual driving time for Ben, he says its easier than driving a car but still fatigue is an issue) each day and 3 of those days going upstream which is against the current. This is not the ideal way we want to travel but we were on a mission to meet up with our buddies. They were waiting for us so we wanted to make good time. That we did!!

We spent our week waking up with a chill in the air, walk and feed Crocket, start the boat and kick the lines by 7:30 each day. We enjoyed our boat rides with the glorious views of the river and all the different terrain along the way. We had 2 locks to get through and only had a 2 hour wait at our first one, the second we lucked out and arrived as the doors were opening...woo hoo! The boat Gods listened to our prayers! We treated ourselves to a different marina each night, arriving around 4/4:30 each day. A couple of our stops were repeats as we had to back track our route to meet up with our friends. Can you believe these two marinas gave us our slips for free!!?? What a great surprise! We feel so blessed!!

It has been different traveling solo on waters unknown to us. It made me feel that much more adventuresome! We have our groove and seem to do just fine alone but it is ALWAYS so much better to have someone nearby, plus we LOVE the company and it is always nice to have other people involved in the logistics of planning our next locations!

Our meet up spot happens to be right at the start of the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway. Which we will travel on for the next 450 miles to Mobile, Alabama to the Gulf of Mexico! Considering we just completed 350 miles in less than a week....WE ARE GETTING CLOSE!!! I CAN NOT BELIEVE IT!!!
Coming into Aqua Yacht Harbor Marina we both got a bit giddy (we are now in Mississippi) looking at the transient dock and not only seeing Bob and Liz on Knot Sew Easy (the couple who was waiting for us) but our friends Sue and Dan (with their friend Neva) on Tranquility and Evelyn and Sid on Something Special, it seems they changed their plans to see us!!! So excited! We had a blast reconnecting and visiting with several other Loopers that were docked here! We have been "out of the Loop" (literally and figuratively) the last couple of weeks...It is awesome to see all the Looper boats we have crossed paths with the last few months. We plan to spend 3 nights here relaxing, provisioning and going to visit Shiloh Battlefield, Savannah, TN before we start making our move south down the Tombigbee-Waterway.

This lovely lady from Something Special is simply adorable

Great laughs with wonderful people!

Jammin Jane docked behind the beautiful Tollycraft, Knot Sew Easy

It is awesome to be back with familiar faces in new places - exploring, laughing and making lifelong memories and friends along a River...PINCH ME!!

Here are some photos of our travels this past week along the Cumberland River, Lake Barkley, Kentucky Lake, and finally the Tennessee River.