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The Captain's Log #1
Diamond Lil Does the Loop
Do you live for spring when the boat goes in the water? Do you suffer from post-boating season depression when she is hauled out in the fall? Do you ever wish, just once, that instead of hauling and dreaming about “next year” that you could just keep on going and put a little water under your hull on a slow boat south?
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to float down the might Mississippi River like Tom Sawyer on his raft or look up from your aft deck at the blue moon of Kentucky? Dreamed, perhaps, of feasting on grilled catfish in Tennessee and then heading out to catch a show at the Grand Old Opry? Wondered what it would be like to glance over from the helm and witness a huge alligator slither into the murky waters of the Mobile River or stand out on the deck just a few feet from dolphins frolicking in your bow wake?
Perhaps you can picture yourself docked in old Key West, catching a Sundowner’s party at Mallory Square, followed by a cold beer in one of Hemingway’s old haunts or picture yourself in New York City, anchored under the Statue of Liberty, watching the busy harbor come to life while you sip your morning coffee?
Doesn’t that sound more appealing than drinking your morning coffee as you navigate traffic jams, snowstorms and business meetings?
Each year hundreds of boaters set off to explore America’s Great Loop, a series of lakes, rivers, canals and waterways that connects a huge area of south, central Canada and the eastern United States. This is the story of our great American Great Loop adventure, just the first in the series of Diamond Lil’s cruising adventures.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to float down the might Mississippi River like Tom Sawyer on his raft or look up from your aft deck at the blue moon of Kentucky? Dreamed, perhaps, of feasting on grilled catfish in Tennessee and then heading out to catch a show at the Grand Old Opry? Wondered what it would be like to glance over from the helm and witness a huge alligator slither into the murky waters of the Mobile River or stand out on the deck just a few feet from dolphins frolicking in your bow wake?
Perhaps you can picture yourself docked in old Key West, catching a Sundowner’s party at Mallory Square, followed by a cold beer in one of Hemingway’s old haunts or picture yourself in New York City, anchored under the Statue of Liberty, watching the busy harbor come to life while you sip your morning coffee?
Doesn’t that sound more appealing than drinking your morning coffee as you navigate traffic jams, snowstorms and business meetings?
Each year hundreds of boaters set off to explore America’s Great Loop, a series of lakes, rivers, canals and waterways that connects a huge area of south, central Canada and the eastern United States. This is the story of our great American Great Loop adventure, just the first in the series of Diamond Lil’s cruising adventures.
327 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 18, 2011
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