Cruising the Waterways

Hi to all and welcome aboard.We are Pam and Tom Frech from Barrington Illinois, and we hope to carry you with us aboard "Cloud Nine" our Island Gypsy 44' trawler, as we cruise The Great Loop (a circumnavigation of the mid-west and Eastern United States.The journey begins on Sept 18th 2006 from Chicago,Illinois!

Thursday, November 16, 2006

More Tenn-Tom and Mobile Harbor pictures

The last three nights on the Tenn-Tom were spent at beautiful anchorages.We'd pull off the main river onto a small creek and ease back in until the creek opened into a big lake.The stillness was amazing...there were no houses or no sign of people except "Cloud Nine" and our friends Mike and Cindi on "Double Adventure"This is the most remote part of the trip so far..no marinas, cell phones or inter net access on this part of the river.My overall impression of the waterway is one of rural beauty and I have an appreciation for what went in to creating this wonder...more dirt was moved to create the Tenn-Tom than was moved to create the Panama canal.When coming in to Mobile the scenery quickly changed and flatened out as we are at sea level.Mobile is the 12th busiest port in the country.I loved all the different types of commercial boats we saw, including the proud looking shrimp boats.Speaking of that, I'm waiting for a shrimper to pull in at the dock..he sells huge shrimp right off the boat for $4.00 a lbs.

1 Comments:

Blogger Rick said...

Tom and Pam

Love the stories. Sounds like your having the time of your life. You 2 deserve it. Looking forward to the next posting.

Rick and Sheree

7:45 PM  

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