Golconda, IL to Grand Rivers, KY

Miles Traveled 52.3

Total Miles Traveled 7206

Day 378

“Moni Jean” crosses her wake!

On September 21, 2016 at 4:33 p.m. this afternoon, we crossed our wake entering Green Turtle Bay Marina, Grand Rivers Kentucky.  We started our Great Loop Adventure September 10, 2015 and over the last 378 days we have cruised 7,206 miles.  This was truly an adventure of a lifetime, not just for the places we have visited, but also for the people we have met both currently doing the loop, the local boaters, and in each of the communities.

We have traveled with other loopers, but have mostly “done our own thing”, and have even been labeled as stealth loopers, as we would appear and disappear along the way.   We took side trips to Chattanooga Tennessee, spent the winter in the Keys of Florida, explored the St. Johns River in Florida, took the northern Canadian route to Montreal and Ottawa, and finally a short trip up the Ohio River to Evansville Indiana before returning to our home port.

We have shared our adventure through our blog and have had over 45,000 page views on it since we started, okay, most of them may have been from my Dad.  Several people have asked “what was the best part” but we really can’t pick just one, each place we visited seemed to be unique in its own way and the people we were there with, made it special.  We would like to name and thank all of the people we have traveled with, but would not want to do so for fear of leaving someone out. We are looking forward to spending time with family and friends, before turning the page to our next adventure.