Red, Right, Returning
Channel markers come in red and green ("nuns" and "cans") and the standard convention for their placement in rivers is most easily...
The Tennessee River/Crossing Our Wake and Going Up and Home!
Barkley Lock and Dam is our entry point back on to the Tennessee River. We actually had a choice of turning on to the Tennessee directly...
Muscle Shoals
We'd heard about Muscle Shoals and it's long history with the music business but had no idea how prominent this place was until we...
Happy Happy Crosses Her Wake!
10/7/2018 9:19 PM After 4 years, numerous side trips and hundreds of docktails, Happy Happy crossed her wake somewhere in Pickwick Lake....
Ohio/Cumberland Rivers - Going Up!
We end our journey on the Mississippi by turning left on the Ohio River. After a few days of traveling with the current (did you know...
The Mighty Mississippi!!
Ah yes no matter how you look at it this is one big river. After leaving Grafton, IL we quickly leave the Illinois River (100,000 CFS),...
Cruisin' down the Illinois
After spending 2018 in Canada's North Channel and the Great Lakes we enter the lock at Navy Pier in downtown Chicago and head south down...
For Motorheads Only (v 17) - Curses (again!)! Return of the Fuel Jellies, again!
Fall layup and spring commissioning came with a return dose of the motor gagging fuel jellies. The winter storage staff experienced this...
Chicago!!
Chicago! What can I say. THE SECOND CITY, and Happy Happy is docked in the heart of downtown on the fabulous waterfront. Our short...
Ole Milwaukee!
After an extended stay in Manitowoc (and on land!), we say goodbye to Pat's family, pack up the critters and set our sights on Chicago...
