The Great Loop is the name for an aquatic adventure that circumnavigates the eastern United States. Starting (for Dolly and I) it leaves Tarpon Springs, Florida; goes to the Atlantic thru Lake Okeechobee; up the East Coast to New York; up the Hudson River to the Erie Canal; then to the Great Lakes; South through Chicago to the Mississippi; transfers to the Tennessee River and the Ten-Tom waterway to Mobile, Alabama; and back across the Gulf to Tarpon Springs. At our speed it will take the better part of seven to eight months. Our Great Loop adventure is set to begin tomorrow, Monday April 14, 2025. Weather forecast for the Gulf of America near our starting point is wave heights of one foot or less. So, the plan is to go outside from the Anclote river down to lower Tampa Bay.
Karl, Dolly, Ancestors, Progeny and Activities