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The beginning of our trip from Chicago to St. Louis in a pontoon.

We are in the remote part of the trip now. The last town before Mobile is Demopolis, but it is about 200 miles to the north. That leaves a big gap and it is too much for one day. The way everyone handles this distance is to stop at a place called Bobby's Fish Camp, which is almost exactly in the middle of Demopolis and Mobile. Once upon a time, Bobby's was supposedly a catfish restaurant of som...

Our last day on the rivers portion of the Great Loop, as we near completion of our pontoon trip. Today we start at Bobby's Fish Camp, having stayed in their cabins the night before. We made our way down the Tenn-Tom and cleared Demopolis Lock, which put us at sea level. We got hit with a little storm but it passed quickly. After managing to get under an unmanned railroad bridge (tried calling a...

The conclusion of our pontoon voyage from St. Louis to Destin! On this day, we started in Fairhope, Alabama and made our way through Mobile Bay. Fortunately we had good weather and smooth water. We picked up the ICW and took it the rest of the way, stopping in Pensacola Beach for lunch. We ended up at our destination, Destin, where you will see Crab Island and Destin Harbor. And that's the end ...

Continuation of the inland rivers portion of the Great Loop, as we take our pontoon from St. Louis to Destin. We start on the Tennessee River and end up on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (Tenn-Tom). To do that, we have to start clearing locks. We clear some big locks in this one, including the two biggest ones we will see on the whole trip: the Pickwick Lock and the Jamie Whitten Lock.

Continuation of our pontoon voyage from St. Louis to Destin via the inland rivers. In this video we traverse the length of Kentucky Lake and onto the Tennessee River.

We continue our pontoon trip from St. Louis to Destin in this video. We start this day in Cape Girardeau and make our way down to Cairo, Illinois. This is where the Ohio River meets the Mississippi, and we turn upriver on the Ohio. We stopped in Paducah for gas and lunch, then moved on to the Cumberland River. After clearing the Barkley Lock, we went through Lake Barkley to Kentucky Lake, where...

Here is day 2 of our pontoon voyage from St. Louis to Destin. In this day we start at Hoppies in Kimmswick, Missouri (just south of St. Louis) and make our way down the Mississippi to Cape Girardeau.

What is more hoosier than going to the Redneck Riviera for your beach vacation? Going there by pontoon! We set out to do the rivers portion of the Great Loop by pontoon and here is a short version of our first day. We started in Grafton Illinois and took the Mississippi River south to Hoppie's in Kimmswick Missouri. Along the way we cleared the Melvin Price and Chain of Rocks locks. We took som...

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