Taurus Great Loop

 

 

Days on the Great Loop ~ 335 Days at Marinas ~ 329 Numbers of Marinas ~ 101 Lock Walls ~ 3 Barge tie-up ~ 1 Convention Center Wall ~ 1 At Anchor ~ 1 Diesel Fuel Used ~ 6,597.6 Gallons Nautical Miles ~ 4,875 Statute Miles ~ 5,610

 

This morning we took one last cruise as part of our Great Loop experience. We left Port Washington on Long Island Sound and made our way to our home marina. The Long Island Sound was fairly flat and the current was pushing us, so we made good time.  The water looks so blue!  I didn’t remember the Sound having such blue water.  But compared to some of that river water we saw … We saw a tow, which we don’t remember seeing in the Sound in this configuration before. Usually we see the tows here pulling the barges, but this one was pushing them.  A tow pushing a barge We also saw a lighthouse out in the middle of the water; it’s marking a shoal. And here’s Taurus all tucked into its own home slip And now it’s time for some reflections.   Deb Our first day on the Great Loop adventure was June 26, 2021. Looking back, there was so much we had to learn. We had never done a lock, we were in different marinas almost every night. That means a different way of tying our line...