https://www.dawnbrodey.com/blog daily 0.75 2024-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618511387030-5LI1E5QMVTQ2RY9S00A4/20140228_Trade+151_0046+1.jpg The Captain's Blog https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618511440608-5BVMHVN4WR2I9YQV1WWR/Aro+Ha_0010+1.jpg The Captain's Blog https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618511467879-K5J9BYNACHJVDV3BNSFU/Aro+Ha_0387+1.jpg The Captain's Blog https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/ad1a90b3-ec22-4bc5-a11d-481582e39b87/The+river+behind+us.jpg The Captain's Blog https://www.dawnbrodey.com/blog/3gimji1idf21b9azvpmc1e9r2tpjw3 monthly 0.5 2024-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/a5f65246-aded-451b-8ed9-1945e4ca3c4b/P1010207.JPG The Captain's Blog - What is The Big Trip? - Make it stand out Dawn underway on a sunny summer day before the Big Trip begins, 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/06ae288d-2d4f-4ad6-93be-9bc45422c141/Screenshot+2024-10-11+at+3.41.21%E2%80%AFPM.png The Captain's Blog - What is The Big Trip? - If you don’t know the way, just point your bow somewhere and go. 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"You guys can probably make it..." A guy named, Steve. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/a5542d59-ae15-4be3-a664-b32fddf26265/Boot+up+at+flybridge.JPG The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 1-5 - Make it stand out View from the fly bridge (aka: the helm on the roof) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/92d76475-5866-4fdf-a1e0-3b0d19750ff3/Melby+in+lock.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 1-5 - Soggy Melby. Going through a lock is tough in the best of circumstances… and these were not the best of circumstances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/45b0d880-7316-4808-97b9-bffeae5ff62d/Melby+and+Dottie.JPG The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 1-5 - Make it stand out Melby and Dottie watch the River ahead... and snuggle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/c467e4a9-3c0e-498b-83b2-25d0d4412e83/D+fly+bridge.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 1-5 Leaving Lansing, IA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/cd23686d-9d91-4de8-a916-d7fe2bd90d38/Melby+watching+during+the+rain.JPG The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 1-5 - Make it stand out What a shitty day to go boating, eh dear? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/da42db91-b99c-4952-b43f-5a04f22360cb/River+side+houses+fall+colors.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 1-5 - Make it stand out The Fall colors along the river are as vibrant as we've ever seen them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/a088e766-b155-4cbe-b2f7-7358e62e014c/Dawn+and+Melby+underway.JPG The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 1-5 - 300 miles and 5 days. We’ve come too far to come only this far. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/5d1e7217-4d8a-4c79-b0f3-d87f6ed8d256/Eric+in+the+bilge.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 1-5 - Make it stand out St. Paul boat mechanic (and dear friend) Eric delivering the bad news with a smile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/7eec9def-3791-4bcc-9877-6acef416aebd/Melby+guieds+us+into+dock.JPG The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 1-5 - Make it stand out Melby helps navigate us past a barge and into a lock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/379005de-832c-4faa-8e5d-e79b0c4ed930/D%26D+Road+Fountain+City.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 1-5 Dawn and Dottie - morning in Fountain City, WI. What a difference a day makes. https://www.dawnbrodey.com/blog/blog-post-title-two-bl89w monthly 0.5 2024-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1ec94cd0-e8ce-4824-b6fe-c54d3b01fb38/Mechanic+in+the+bilge.JPG The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 6-8 - Tom, or “The legend of Marquis Harbor” as he has henceforth been known in our family. This photo was NOT taken when the hatch hit his head, but after he returned from the ER to finish the job. My guy! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/9abd2607-6864-4050-9491-9c5ece5333f9/Gracie+face+sepia.JPG The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 6-8 - Make it stand out Gracie. Dawn’s dearly departed boxer whose precious ashes may have miraculously bolstered our hull over almost certain destruction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/10d6df01-fc18-4dab-898c-86948503a39b/Dawn+at+the+helm+in+raincoat.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 6-8 - Make it stand out I’m not fine - nothing is fine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/92c4b616-3781-4617-87c5-dea0c099967d/Guttenberg%2CIA.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 6-8 - Make it stand out A nice little gas dock somewhere near Guttenberg, IA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/f9acc4c4-78c2-4ce3-9c02-d7c62ffefa24/storms.jpeg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 6-8 - Make it stand out Brrrr… A windy chilly view from somewhere in Iowa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/2bca4f6c-31ac-47e4-b3db-2801fef8ae26/Dawn+in+trauma+mode.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 6-8 Dawn, clutching her River Charts, wearing a headlamp, wrapped in a cozy blanket. One shot of whiskey down the hatch, and one in the hand. Ahhhh, the life of a sailor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/d76029ef-314e-465c-9e7f-196ce19ff1a3/A+cool+boat.JPG The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 6-8 - Sabula, Iowa. Such a nice stop on the River, even the boats smiled at us! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/9366e48f-e069-46cf-b6e7-7a9dfbef28c2/Sabula.jpeg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 6-8 - Make it stand out Dottie making herself at home around a friendly fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/619d8513-57a0-45ef-89b2-9c9bd29ad967/Into+the+lock_rain.jpeg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 6-8 - Make it stand out Entering a lock in gusting wind and rain with one engine. Yuck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/bd110be4-c196-425b-8ec9-427d949d4ff6/Engine+E+Moline.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 6-8 - The engines. Twin inboard/outboard 250hp Mercruisers. I can still smell them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/526d6f0f-ec4d-4368-9d8f-ae7a5cda69ca/Cool+restarurant.JPG The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 6-8 - Bombfire Pizza in Sabula, Iowa. People on the River are happy to give… Since our trip in 2012, this place has sadly closed, but you can read an excellent article about it written in 2018 by the incomparable WES MODES. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/eb66dc25-3675-4d1f-9e52-5b5bbef4477f/Nice+couple+got+our+dinner.JPG The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 6-8 Here’s to Kellen and Heather, wherever they are! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/03f4560a-5d7a-4c61-8ca1-a9bfa90e30f8/Write+on+the+wall.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 6-8 - The wall of Bombfire Pizza, Sabula, Iowa. When Tom hands you a marker and asks you to ‘leave your mark’ , you do. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729718514047-IE8II91SDAPZ7875BJNT/Barge+Op.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 6-8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1730228979465-CLNC5RHQ96Y2YI52R2XS/Dawn+at+helm.jpeg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 6-8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729718525163-QD27OG72CIL8PCOYCMYH/Dawn+and+Fire.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 6-8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729718537835-B0OKR5F27Z6X34ULUN87/Looking+up+river.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 6-8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729718551575-CRZT7OD7UST8OHRP19LD/Paddle+Boat.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 6-8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729718567018-VJS2S1PCKPHQCVZ0JTMW/Showboat.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 6-8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729718576831-QKBQC1N08N7BFX2O13JF/Sunset+and+dock.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 6-8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729718589496-C7FEXUM2AAYFR953AWTG/Sunset+and+hook.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 6-8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729718600631-3HRZAV0XFXM7MUTS74DE/Sunset+with+birds.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 6-8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729718612900-67TX6POO9B79KHBLELPV/Windmill.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 6-8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729718730529-LHDDV5145XZQO2NFL5Y2/The+Road+-+Day+3+-+Lansing%2C+IA.jpeg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 6-8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729718765006-VCV6G4LN8CZZ3HDF1FP4/The+river+behind+us.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 6-8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/00c74b9f-e631-4e91-8d0e-1362f14285a1/Our+Shepards.JPG The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 6-8 - Gary and Dan, helpful fellow-boaters in the Quad Cities. Notice Gary’s button ‘4 more 4 44’. The re-election of Barack Obama is only weeks away… https://www.dawnbrodey.com/blog/the-big-trip-days-9-12 monthly 0.5 2024-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/a10e7a98-bc52-4cf0-aba6-2733fdee78be/A+helper.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 9-12 - Jerry was another helping hand who went above and beyond to save our asses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/dea1e8b1-29cd-4b7f-a45a-c5e3bc6cf376/Mike+and+romeo+in+door.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 9-12 - Mike (L) and Romeo (R) Beer and advice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/8fb547e0-e8c7-4f6c-80ca-dae0b1c52393/Shepard+1.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 9-12 - Make it stand out One of our shepherds, Jake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/8d00cbfb-d2dc-455c-8562-225186170c2f/Tom+and+kid.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 9-12 - The Legend of Marquis Harbor, and his apprentice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/2b878afd-af26-49ee-a03a-1fcc409026d5/Line+in+prop3.jpeg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 9-12 - Make it stand out PIC: The Road in the lift. That white piece of rope leads straight down to the prop. Burlington, IL - Oct. 19th https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/f92d57cf-2c1b-422d-a372-30af3e5886b5/Big+Showboat.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 9-12 - Make it stand out PIC: A stunner of a paddle wheel passes Marquis Harbor, E. Moline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/b7cd01a6-ff6c-4a64-a0dd-d8fb5be289de/Melby+in+johnboat.JPG The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 9-12 - Make it stand out Melby in the johnboat realizing the motor we have for it is woefully insufficient. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/bb74f4a6-acc2-4728-a0f6-4a38c77dcc11/God+rays.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 9-12 - Make it stand out PIC: After so many near-disasters, why the hell are we still going? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/08e3aafb-c11f-4c9b-83c4-c512003e7405/D+Close+up.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 9-12 - We are very, very stuck in Keithsburg. View over the anchor… we are So. Stuck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/f7c4e2b8-71e7-4caa-b6fe-b5d0fb94bdce/marque+harbor+sign.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 9-12 - Marquis Harbor Marina: Moline IL Raise a glass. We are forever grateful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/2d14d44f-1cd7-4912-98bc-eb21df427316/captain.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 9-12 - The captain has focus and the right hat, but no skill. Focus. On what? …JUST FOCUS! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/e514e4a8-4612-4a21-abcc-b31d6ae7c3b8/need+a+cap.JPG The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 9-12 - When you want a ride, but get a lid… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/751aa7c4-ec57-4328-8dfa-54d682278abe/Stranded+in+Keithsburg+Iowa_2.jpeg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 9-12 - Make it stand out PIC: Wedged in the sand in Keithsburg, IL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/66085b39-a7fe-440a-a8c9-c2d0949701a5/Sunset+Bridge.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 9-12 - Make it stand out A stunner suset over E. Moline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/86b8f1bc-ce1b-474a-b8da-f1a26d2ae24d/Placid.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 9-12 - Make it stand out PIC: Placid. Ominous. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/58091936-7dc9-4620-b8a6-6eaefd25b2a4/Road+driving+sun.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 9-12 - Make it stand out Dawn on the fly-bridge looks out to the horizon while Dottie supervises. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729718921804-7WK9HS2C9ULPZH9DW8U1/Bike+on+the+bow.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 9-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729718930284-AFJQ7NN775XTEDP7W0YO/Dawn+on+dock%2C+night.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 9-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729718940703-FWFWOJ0ZAT1UBPZM3NH0/Empty+slip+2.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 9-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729718950782-QZ7NZYV12N01H1FDCBNW/Life+perserver.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 9-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729718973409-WCWF9HZJDK1ETVQL8IBN/No+filter+stars+in+the+water.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 9-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729718990545-6RKG34XH5DOAAOQOI5OE/Rope+around+prop.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 9-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729718999036-5VZQ58XT9AGZUX8HNV4I/Rowers+in+Sunset.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 9-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729719043186-QXP2L2HPUQ7IC27VYAKR/Boat+garage+3.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 9-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729719010309-D87YLU9KEY3Y3PUPQ4YX/The+Road+in+Harbor+marque+marina.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 9-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729719055246-GHTU7B52JAZARE97P1MA/Dock+signs+Kiukuk.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 9-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729719064419-F2N67UP6PTX1MQ5V7B2D/Entering+lock.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 9-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1730144506428-CWN9WCOFJTII5UQNBAE1/Dawn+with+the+charts_v2.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 9-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729719077955-UHV4VDOCRSKU0E53SET4/God+light+2.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 9-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729719109691-QPWPWTA2ETT8JQ3UG1D6/Melby+driving+in+Burlington.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 9-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729719088185-IQRD37LVP7BE1AY137AS/Jerry.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 9-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729719132820-U33MO1D3NPSH90NU7PJA/Swingin+RR+Bridge_3.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 9-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/d4c7508d-f3c1-482b-bdbe-8d337a3a2c74/River+view+out+door.JPG The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 9-12 - Stranded again, but this time a nice soft landing on a sandbar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/cd71a9a3-2b72-47da-bf11-e54194784cdc/Boat+garage+wide_.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 9-12 - Keokuk, Iowa Dope little boat garages spot the channel leading into the Yacht Club. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/0efdce68-aafb-4ad6-adc1-09e885a65d7c/Mimi+and+Road.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 9-12 - Make it stand out PIC: The Road awkwardly parked next to the leggy blonde that is, Mimi. https://www.dawnbrodey.com/blog/the-big-trip-days-13-15 monthly 0.5 2024-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/6567a0dd-9367-4637-8fb3-b774da63b347/Dock+signs+Kiukuk.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 13-15 - Make it stand out A lovely dock adjoining the Keokuk Yaght Club. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/17e48a25-6d0d-40e7-b850-a30afbe360b6/The+Arch+with+the+road.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 13-15 - Make it stand out PIC: The St. Louis Arch. Oct. 22nd, 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/d41f5ca8-4091-46c4-acfc-bfce7984e53b/Larry+playing+guitar.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 13-15 - Make it stand out PIC: Larry, the dock opperator at Hannibal, MO. Oct. 20th, 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/31dd289c-dff6-4ba9-becb-33156aff112b/wreckage+on+shore.JPG The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 13-15 - PIC: A wrecked tow on the shores of St. Louis, MO - Oct. 22nd, 2012 Because of the drought, the water levels are unusually low and more wreckage than usual is visible above the surface… which is not comforting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/d0b3ef07-20e3-4d10-8531-f71dffd5bce8/Hoppies+end+of+dock.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 13-15 - Hoppie’s Marina - Kimmswick, MO It may not look like much to you lubbers, but this stretch of steel is a boater’s gate to Mordor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/83751b9e-7a76-405a-8977-4920ac19b9ab/Entering+lock.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 13-15 - Make it stand out PIC: When lock doors open it feels epic every time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/7b44fe72-55ce-4bdf-b31b-96cbd5da54ea/Leaving+lock.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 13-15 - Leaving a lock. The locks get noticeably deeper and wider the further down the River you travel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/3cb03011-39f9-4f32-9de2-4833bf39d076/Dottie+CU.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 13-15 - Dottie. AKA: Dorothy. AKA: Captain Dorothy Meatball She enjoys the warming temperatures as we go South as much as anyone aboard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/2cf66a44-25f9-4ca4-a839-39ea41d356eb/Hoppies%27+Dawn+and+Hoppie.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 13-15 - Make it stand out PIC: Dawn chats with a fellow boater on the dock of Hoppie’s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1ab20048-79fd-4e25-8068-aa88383e02a1/The+Big+Trip+-+tools.JPG The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 13-15 - Make it stand out PIC: The Captain’s tools: Charts, log, guide, radio and binoculars… and the will to win! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/7054e5bf-5602-48ff-8293-2b2678979438/Martha%2C+TOm+and+guy.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 13-15 - Martha (L), Tom (M) and Gary (R) The occupants of The Branch Office. Hannibal, MO - Oct. 20th, 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/0bb2806a-bc84-40de-895b-89d6d88d4c1d/Fern+hand+up.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 13-15 - Make it stand out PIC: Fern, laying the truth on us. Hoppie's Marine - Oct. 22nd, 2012. **Note: Even her t-shirt dispenses sage wisdom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/461af9c4-7506-4857-a1a9-6706ac1ed095/molocks.jpeg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 13-15 - Make it stand out Brian, the nicest lock operator on the Mississip! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/f5d5b4d9-5f71-4bac-9f7a-be3a3546f2f6/The+Road+in+quiet+marina.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 13-15 - The Road snug in her slip. Proud we can finally park with some elegance. John's Boat Harbor - St. Charles, MO - Oct. 21st, 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729726272531-SWX4EFI6E8UDPKWLL43J/Chain+of+rocks+sign.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 13-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729726287229-7S6J69MW7PMJXLJK7WEV/Fern+cig.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 13-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729726298576-SZQ3CNORXJ98NPZC9WX7/Fern+filling+gas+jugs.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 13-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729726312701-13V1NRH4J9BIKQTURHHZ/Keokuk+PLlant+sign.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 13-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729726328305-TKQAV3R3RI1XK2OAX7Y9/Martha+dog.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 13-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729726341325-CBV3NAUCZVHF4O5U1OL3/Barge+worker.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 13-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729726364095-Y6CNWE7R1J4I00PEF16D/Train+and+fall+colors.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 13-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729726376547-P3KL4E8DNIJS4RAEA1QI/The+Arch+wide.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 13-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/3bddbafa-df47-4499-aa42-38b9252e2ffc/melbybollard.jpeg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 13-15 - Melby holding line tied to a floating bollard. This is very exciting for us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/3ec89833-8de0-43e7-b540-aef9ea22af0a/Jim+and+Pat.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 13-15 - Jim (R) and Pat (L): The husband and wife co-captains of The River Derci. Together with Chris and Kevin and unbeknownst to us at the time, we’d be together in this adventure from here on out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/05bfc06c-6700-4701-a940-983e5f132f68/Lady+of+the+river.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 13-15 - The shrine - Our Lady of the Rivers. Portage Des Sioux, MO - Oct. 22nd, 2012. We’ll take all the help we can get! ORIGIN: In 1951, Missouri was hit with massive rainstorms that threatened to flood the town of Portage de Sioux. Father Schlattman called for the town to pray to Mary for safety, and the town thankfully survived the flooding. In memory of the mercies shown on the town, a 27 foot tall statue named ‘Our Lady of the Rivers’ was erected in 1957. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729721289817-13X3WRXO4PE7W2R3885C/Huck+Finn.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 13-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729721302694-Y7HSUTUJ7IYXJUP6T809/Mark+Twain.png The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 13-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/12d418a9-31ec-44cf-b760-65a654a3b7a8/Chris+and+Kevin.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 13-15 - Chris (R) and Kevin (L): First mate and Captain of The River Rat, a 43’ Trawler en route to Tennessee. We are all grateful for Fern’s advice and soak it in together. https://www.dawnbrodey.com/blog/the-river-road-days-16-19 monthly 0.5 2024-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/5a60d5b1-4d5e-42ef-8bd0-c118a973172c/Melby+in+the+bilge.JPG The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 16-19 - Make it stand out PIC: The good news is we have oil and fuel and our spirits are… well. We have oil and fuel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/f7d3e619-3882-461a-9c9c-f1dfb3fe607d/metropolis1.png The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 16-19 - Make it stand out PIC: Metropolis, IL. A home of heroes, indeed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729809251521-ELTRJNL7SV4WIP7HRIQ8/Superman.JPG The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 16-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729809261947-5DGK1EFWNW4WN4TNU247/our+heros+truck.JPG The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 16-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/b1c49a45-a4ef-4f4e-85da-ffef4ffbd5a5/Beach+Fire.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 16-19 - Make it stand out PIC: Our new fellowship of the River. We may run out of gas, but we have plenty of Jack Daniels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/bb582f64-ac9c-4b47-b876-b502b3c48099/melby+Guitar.jpeg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 16-19 - Going through hell together is kinda’ great… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/be36bce4-168c-4c28-82d2-e1e66cde5e2e/Captain+Dawn.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 16-19 - More focus. Less clothes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/41dc3d1d-5dbe-4ce1-a05e-68113c7a89b6/Barge+worker.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 16-19 - A barge-worker on the Ohio who is also probably done with the rain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/30310203-e69a-407b-a5f5-bef89c16e1f7/Ohio+map.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 16-19 - We’re now going up the Ohio River. From here we will connect with the Tenneesse-Tombigbee Waterway (Tenn-Tom for short). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/4006215c-8d99-4840-ba75-06379e5cb073/upper_miss_river.gif The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 16-19 - The Upper Mississippi River goes from Minneapolis, MN to Cairo, IL. We’re currently between St. Louis and Cairo and baby… there ain’t nothin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/05cc7c57-9ac7-41e9-aa11-8db9d0018903/The+night+sky.jpeg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 16-19 - Make it stand out PIC: A clear, starry night on the Tennessee River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/e3f11ddd-319b-450d-a78d-8e6c0fd6307e/Life+perserver.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 16-19 - Make it stand out PIC: Over two-weeks into this adventure and a lot of River sstretches behind, and before us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/ed224e0b-7d0d-4bdd-b104-87151b3e1db2/Dottie+and+Dawn+on+beach+1.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 16-19 - A chance for Dottie to get the zoomies out somewhere near Chester, IL. Large sandbars like these were just one of the side effects of the then-drought on the River Trip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1fa4e4dc-3e53-4c6f-9b88-363bcdc2c728/Anchor+in+the+sand.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 16-19 PIC: Our first anchorage after leaving St. Louis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/d8d8b0e2-6ae1-4ab6-a3f9-4b5d6e1b8bf7/Tenn+RIver+waves.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 16-19 - Make it stand out PIC: Did someone order whitecaps? …fuuuuuck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729810724855-QTVXIS198NSBTBON4FX9/Tenn+RIver+Bluffs.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 16-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729810735634-1DPDF2NZO6S6MA52P0HM/Tenn+RIver+Road.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 16-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729810737361-W7R6B5D37ZCZZRKSG2HA/Cool+structure+mid-river+tenness.JPG The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 16-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729810781630-2WOW3I7TAEOALIJ0Q6DV/Train+and+fall+colors.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 16-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729810795402-2ZV2XODTTZWVKT7QGIBP/Dottie+gets+log.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 16-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729810811105-KQ0I1EJED4GN87G3L0FT/Dottie+MD.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 16-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729810874853-WVZY3N7HPQE4QMJ0EGDQ/Stud+at+the+helm.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 16-19 https://www.dawnbrodey.com/blog/the-river-road-days-20-22 monthly 0.5 2024-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/000706a7-fded-4271-898e-4b1b04152d00/Tenn+RIver+Bluffs.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 20-22 - The Tennessee River, deep and wide… but who isn’t?!? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/2537f3e1-249f-4a1b-beaf-cdced8cdcd57/Deep+lock+doors+open.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 20-22 - Make it stand out PIC: For perspective, look at that tiny little boat on the right to imagine how huge the lock doors are. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/cc7a2921-f8f8-4247-aa6d-e076fa0c4aa2/Burm+and+Daddy+2.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 20-22 - Make it stand out PIC: Southern hospitality was extended from both the dock-operator and his dog, B.R.M. (pronounced ‘Berm)’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/98cd67cd-1cb0-4ced-8c45-2979c4aa264e/White+cliffs+4+w-+Road.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 20-22 - Make it stand out PIC: The stunning white cliffs along the Tennessee River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/03fb9608-97ab-43ca-a5fb-54726f9b2bfd/Tenn+RIver+Road.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 20-22 - Make it stand out PIC: The Tenneessee River was much kinder in the morning. Who isn’t? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/cc372158-e757-45be-a0d9-ab26107f6f6e/Melby+oil+change.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 20-22 - Make it stand out PIC: Melby examines his beer… and the engine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/af1655ee-4536-4105-bf98-4f6962572f8c/Clifton+Bar+wide.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 20-22 - Making friends at The Clifton Marina. Sonja and Gene inside the clubhouse of the Clifton, Marina. One of my favorite spots. Oct. 28th, 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/2171e76b-6ff5-4a45-84bc-36f23187914c/The+gang.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 20-22 - Make it stand out PIC: We’d traveled hundreds of miles and drank hundreds of beers. Soon the Fellowship that left St. Louis together was down to 4. Left to Right: Melby, Dawn, Chris, Kevin, Pat, Jim. Dorothy is center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/dc93d274-92d4-4b46-a4f1-584b860f28dd/Grand+Harbor+Wide.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 20-22 - Grand Harbor Marina in Counce, TN Grand indeed, we’re hardly peeing on sand bars anymore… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729814611157-96KO4DBZY4S7ZS8UFUCP/Birdsong+Marina+dock+1.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 20-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729814618468-B3A95E78O1QWZBRSX8YQ/Burm+and+Daddy.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 20-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729814643549-WXJ14DQPQUVYER6ZR9BC/Clifton+Old+man+Laugh.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 20-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729814655404-K9S3J8TNBIB0IH259POG/Deep+lock.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 20-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729814675518-3C432BHFYCZIS5662973/Dottie+chases+Burm+CU.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 20-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729814686124-7UQSBG9OA40U1ARZ7HHV/Dottie+Eats+basketball+on+deck.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 20-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729814695546-B7UNNK0EVFA1TIBG1XXC/Grand+Harbor+Swinging+Chairs.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 20-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729814793046-P7TET3C81WFRADXPM9MU/Dawn+and+BRM.jpeg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 20-22 https://www.dawnbrodey.com/blog/the-river-road-days-23-25 monthly 0.5 2024-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/51a787c1-68e2-4a6c-bbf5-b2c4323b0773/Nigthingale.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 23-25 - Make it stand out PIC: The lovely Nightengale, with Gene and Gale at the helm. We agreed to stay in radio contact for the miles ahead. If only to keep tabs on Jay Bird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/8ae70d7e-4497-4cd2-bd57-02cba65c63a6/Columbus+Lock+with+lots+of+boats.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 23-25 - Make it stand out PIC: In the Stennis Lock, locking down with our fellow boaters from Columbus Marina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/75fe3dd8-0366-4da0-9bb9-d513cb72f3ec/Tenn-Tom.png The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 23-25 - The Tenn-Tom, how I love thee. It’s a man-made stretch which connects several natural rivers in order to create an alternate waterway from the Mississippi River. It runs parallel to the Mississippi River and empties in Mobile Bay, Alabama. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/a93a55fe-ee64-44cc-b79d-60dc4b3033d9/The+Book+nitty+gritty.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 23-25 - The Tenn-Tom Nitty-Gritty Cruise Guide has all the information you need AND she never runs out of battery or loses a signal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729883507902-M14IZZ8LCTG1W675GI20/Screenshot+2024-10-25+at+12.11.38%E2%80%AFPM.png The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 23-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729883526650-Z2J2716WGINJ34U7CJOJ/Screenshot+2024-10-25+at+12.11.53%E2%80%AFPM.png The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 23-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729883543275-3N5XI5Y8XRGZY1MM3DWF/Bouyu++fog+1.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 23-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729883556661-0X7CEFPUJDFL8FIOZ5JA/Bouyu++fog+2.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 23-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729883571613-YV8BJAJDJTWMIUPKCG6F/Midway+Fog.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 23-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729883584241-B3O7UDTX9PZ0SP7N6C48/Midway+marina+anchor.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 23-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729883616802-D7PEFJIE8KN2R8KX2ZOO/Screenshot+2024-10-25+at+12.13.28%E2%80%AFPM.png The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 23-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/460fb200-e72f-410c-8480-3d0208e0b0a5/Midway+Marina.png The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 23-25 - Sunset in the Midway Marina: Fulton, Mississippi. Oct. 30th, 2012. Full tanks, full hearts, and a re-stocked ‘fridge. Let’s do this! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/db7c8e2e-9227-4537-9fca-396bb3c036f6/Passing+barges.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 23-25 - Make it stand out PIC: Two passing barges on the Tenn-Tom. They’re 100X bigger on the Mississippi River, but they’re still big enough to F-up your day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/d5041158-8c04-4ebe-93f5-0ddaecf2d870/Sail+Mast.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 23-25 - A sailboat mast. Among the signs that we’re getting closer to the ocean, we haven’t seen sail boats since we left the Tenneesee River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/f7bb475e-1012-4046-a56f-c0554cbc154d/Sunrise+anchor+Road+AL+2.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 23-25 - Make it stand out PIC: The Road at anchor at MM: 277. Courtesy of The Nightengale. Nov. 1st, 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/e1d0ee92-3df9-4521-a58d-e86a4841ea67/John+Rankin+Lock.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 23-25 - The John Rankin lock on the Tenn-Tom. She big. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/a0ccdf16-9cc6-47b3-9e9e-3d3471359f25/Midway+Old+Glory.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 23-25 - Make it stand out PIC: The Midway Marina. Fulton, MS. MM: 394 - Oct. 30th, 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/285a7971-efbb-4813-98a7-92a4524e9865/Screenshot+2024-10-25+at+10.10.22%E2%80%AFAM.png The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 23-25 - Make it stand out PIC: The infamous Jaye Renee (aka: Jay Bird) which would twart us repeatedly in the days ahead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729882984465-0LIL6XSLSWAME1KW289K/tom-bevill-visitor-center1.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 23-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1729882987908-WR4SY6TOQUR6J0OC817R/tom-bevill-visitor-center2.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 23-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1a053bfa-d435-408c-95b6-c04166e47b34/Bouyu++fog+4.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 23-25 - Make it stand out PIC: A spooky fog on Halloween morning at Midway Marina. Oct. 31st, 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/fa2a7abd-2576-4152-9e29-8d70c55449f1/Columbus+water+plants.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 23-25 - Make it stand out PIC: The view from Columbus Marina. Those floating green plants (a hyacinth?) were increasingly everywhere. Themselves, harmless, but a great place for deadheads and other dangers to hide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/8b86b067-9bb5-4fe7-8619-486750969277/JAMIE_L_WHITTEN_LOCK_DAM.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 23-25 - The Jaimie Whitten Lock & Dam in Mississippi. This is the deepest lock on the Tenn-Tom, at 84’ deep. That’s 50’ deeper than the deepest lock so far. Le gulp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/19b9eb67-1034-4658-a692-82d4a8ef4cc8/Screenshot+2024-10-25+at+12.08.41%E2%80%AFPM.png The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 23-25 - Make it stand out PIC: Stars over Alabama. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/067703ca-69fd-4767-b4f5-dc2cb5caa661/Grand+Harbor+Swinging+Chairs.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 23-25 - One of the luxurious spots in Grand Harbor Marina. PIC: It beats the broken picnic tables we’ve grown accustomed to, but we smell too bad to be in a place this nice for long. https://www.dawnbrodey.com/blog/the-river-road-days-26-28 monthly 0.5 2024-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1a918f52-6258-4ea3-829f-d4de76a78c2c/Bent+Prop.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 26-28 - Make it stand out PIC: Oh yeah. That prop, bent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/db716a60-c58e-45d7-91e9-a4a5db75859b/Bobby%27s+Fish+Camp+Gator+Heads.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 26-28 - Make it stand out PIC: A stack of 'gator heads for sale at the office of Bobby's Fish Camp. We’re starting to feel how far we’ve come. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/92dbb252-a222-43d3-b316-a45bcc4082d6/Prop+Pull_Road+hanging2.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 26-28 - Demopolis, AL - Nov. 2nd, 2012 The Road being hoisted out for prop replacement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/f3331b69-8400-4ab6-9b09-d6ecafd9a637/Cabin+on+the+banks.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 26-28 - Make it stand out PIC: A cabin in rural Alabama. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/efe5fa07-ae00-4a6d-9104-d485059281be/Prop+Pull_1.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 26-28 - Make it stand out PIC: View from inside an industrial boat lift. Not great. Do not recommend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/669753ad-0830-466d-ae6f-19e1f29a85a4/Screenshot+2024-10-28+at+1.45.33%E2%80%AFPM.png The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 26-28 - Pic: Bobby's Fish Camp. Silas, AL Tenn-Tom MM: 118.9 Bobby’s Fish Camp has been in operation for over half a century and is one of the oldest restaurants in southwest Alabama. Bobby E. Dahlberg built and opened the restaurant in 1956 to serve river traffic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/7168cd29-c61b-42d0-bf75-bc261fcd47f7/Bobby%27s+Fish+Camp+Road+and+No+Park+Sign.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 26-28 - Make it stand out PIC: The Road (R) and The River Derci (L) docked at Bobby’s Fish Camp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/91d4b8e9-27c8-45a5-90d2-42a144e42cf0/Sunrise+anchor+JohnBoat+AL_.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 26-28 - Make it stand out PIC: Takin’ Dottie to shore for her morning contribution to Alabama’s shoreline. Careful to watch out for ‘gators, of course… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/cbfc3037-eb1b-48df-8ca8-48cdb7f3deb1/demopolis+.JPG The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 26-28 - Demopolis, AL Marina Restaurant (now sadly closed.) A great meal AND live snapping turtles live underneath to eat your left-overs! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/35e8ad2a-9530-46e2-9459-8834cb6e7186/Rainbow%27s+End.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 26-28 - Make it stand out PIC: The sailboat, Rainbows End, another friendly boat with whom we shared a radio channel and occasional anchorage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/fa934a21-3f2a-4bd3-a834-ba8f6c0bf51d/River+and+Blue+Skies+Ten+Tom.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 26-28 - Make it stand out PIC: A stretch of the River looking pretty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/ba00dedd-c660-42a5-89e2-004d69f3df27/Big+ass+Spider.PNG The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 26-28 - Said spider. Barf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/b6dfa692-904d-40b7-b65b-799de7f123ad/River+derci+and+Road.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: Days 26-28 - Make it stand out PIC: River Derci (L) and The Road (R) at our last anchorage. 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Here’s to the less-traveled. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/4a2ed3dc-4953-46ea-b0a4-2948fc51acde/Screenshot+2024-10-29+at+10.24.24%E2%80%AFAM.png The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: The Road Home - Make it stand out PIC: NOLA, like nowhere else. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/2a9298b0-44a8-4f6b-ad21-b3d8b1127d0c/Pelican+Bay+Marina.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: The Road Home - Pelican Bay in Fort Morgan, Louisiana. The still sea that allowed us to cross Mobile Bay may not have lasted long enough to get us to the Intercostal Highway, but it got us this far. Not bad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/83d39a9d-1062-4f60-a3db-9706b90c91e2/D-2.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: The Road Home - Make it stand out PIC: A dolphin. A god-damn, mother-fuckin’ dolphin! We started this trip in St. Paul, MN and that is proof we’ve come as far as it feels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/0ba56fe9-2b26-4560-a286-c26fdb4a828e/Dawn+looks+at+Mobile+Bay.JPG The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: The Road Home - Dawn stares over the bow across Mobile Bay. It’s incomprehensibly calm. The water that is, our hearts are surging out of our chests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1730225680586-N23V5V3N5C6PGSNL1XZ0/Melby+anchor+tattoos.JPG The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: The Road Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1730225691148-AWMTVNL69ZAX08ZB93HJ/NOLA+tattoos.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: The Road Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/0e082efd-b171-4fb2-8b7f-4fda59aa33cf/Pelican+at+marina.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: The Road Home - Make it stand out PIC: A pelican in Fort Morgan, Louisiana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/e18c6180-ce71-45ea-8f92-5e574860be0f/D+and+D+at+Cafe.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: The Road Home - Make it stand out PIC: Dorothy didn’t care for the trip, if she’s being honest - but these beignets are alright… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1730152948797-N09CKU81APGKOAFC1GVG/Te+Ho+SHip.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: The Road Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1730152964209-ELMJUXMXA5SOTTKP0QBV/Ship+in+Repair.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: The Road Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1730152995657-6N1W6035Z1945M0XDJ3W/Mobile+skyline.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: The Road Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1730153016563-AGOLVH8GJDIAUDC7VIA3/Big+Pink+Ship+Tow.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: The Road Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/4e1cfc5e-500e-4ed5-bcec-2c659676130c/PBR.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: The Road Home - Make it stand out PIC: Melby holds a celebratory PBR up to our final anchorage on the River, somewhere near Stockton, AL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1730153831229-2CXWVF5WDCCEXEZ2RK9I/Fishing+boat.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: The Road Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1730153858893-8XXTUC0C8BF6JVB8KTOT/Big+Blue.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: The Road Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1730153872145-QAV10FVCCZQXBTPUPLHA/Pelican+fly.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: The Road Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1730153942204-HJXBFU14VBMNR7QIGL5J/D-6.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: The Road Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1ee9ce04-cc37-4e5d-9475-a6ce837d58a6/Melby+playing+pool.JPG The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: The Road Home - Melby shooting pool at Tacky Jack’s, a bar at the very tip of Mobile Bay. Fort Morgan, Louisiana. “We saw dolphins today. There is salt water under the hull. Rack ‘em.'“ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/635fc1b9-b0a0-47b3-8e96-ae0cdc409634/Pelican+Bay+Marina+Stairs.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: The Road Home - Make it stand out PIC: Tacky Jack’s Restaurant and Marina. The final stop for me and The Road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/9d63f5ac-6d57-44a0-9b30-72c437d61747/Dawn+goodbye+road+1.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: The Road Home - Make it stand out PIC: I stopped crying long enough to feel victorious. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/e98394cc-f83f-4267-9fa6-c39aab81e835/Pelican+Bay+Marina+Boat.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Big Trip: The Road Home - Make it stand out PIC: The Road safely in harbor at Fort Morgan. Her first night in salt water. 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We were trying for an American Gothic kind of pose, I think. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1730328791643-V0MUJA0634NH03I1NQRF/dawndriving.jpg The Captain's Blog - The Road Here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1730328809600-TO9SAUU7XPJL34M1OK1E/Dawn+and+Gracie+in+kayak.JPG The Captain's Blog - The Road Here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1730328828384-0JR3HFWW4W0RRYAHAIGT/P1010211.JPG The Captain's Blog - The Road Here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1730328843344-LIKOV1UZLC1NHDFPQDSE/Dawn_s_door_Arrgh.JPG The Captain's Blog - The Road Here https://www.dawnbrodey.com/blog/the-road-to-the-river monthly 0.5 2024-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/0196c329-c97f-4823-8e23-1ce5cd04f81e/theroad1.jpeg The Captain's Blog - The Road to the River - PIC: The Road, 2006 PIC: The Road, 2006 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/f9c05d72-fedc-4d79-8ed3-2278ddd4457b/Screenshot+2024-10-31+at+9.40.25%E2%80%AFAM.png The Captain's Blog - The Road to the River - Make it stand out PIC: A glimpse into Dawn’s subconscious concept of self. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1730393036382-TV731B9IEVXWYFINV8BU/The+Road+gold+headboard.JPG The Captain's Blog - The Road to the River https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1730393044338-4KUKTZDEEW0SSKDN0OYK/IMG_2274.JPG The Captain's Blog - The Road to the River https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1730393101601-DWOXGDGBE3QDEXRUG1IF/The+Cabin+Helm.jpeg The Captain's Blog - The Road to the River https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/1730393170360-0CNS0HAY17U1230ICY1A/Screenshot+2024-10-31+at+9.46.06%E2%80%AFAM.png The Captain's Blog - The Road to the River https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/8578bfc4-c9bf-4676-bf00-827bc0e4b2a1/dawn_goodbye_road_2.jpeg The Captain's Blog - The Road to the River - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.dawnbrodey.com/events daily 0.75 2025-01-15 https://www.dawnbrodey.com/events/dawn-brodey-presents monthly 0.5 2025-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/473135be-34a1-4a4a-8088-fbde3cc460e1/B7A971A9-660F-4B11-9A9F-6809F5FAA640.jpg Events - Dawn Brodey Presents - Join Dawn and a fantastic line-up of hilarious comedians on the main stage at Flappers Comedy Club in beautiful Burbank, California! Get your tickets here. https://www.dawnbrodey.com/events/wittiest-women monthly 0.5 2024-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/3b9832cf-05b6-4703-a6e8-78a2258785c5/Screenshot+2024-12-02+at+1.32.08%E2%80%AFPM.png Events - Wittiest Women - Get tix to the Dec. 5th show here! Dawn regularly hosts Flappers all-female weekly show "Wittiest Women," where we showcase the funniest female headliners from around the country together with rising comedy stars! Past headliners have included The Boobe Sisters (America's Got Talent), Helen Hong (NPR's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me) and more! https://www.dawnbrodey.com/events/the-trailer-park-open-mic monthly 0.5 2024-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/01f26484-53fd-466c-b498-ca5212f1f852/Hollywood+RV+Park+OPEN+MIC_12-8.jpg Events - The Trailer Trash Talent Revue - Make it stand out It’s time to come down to the trailer park and wow ‘em with your Talent! LOCATION: The Hollywood RV Park - 7740 Balboa Blvd., Van Nuys How it works: Sign up starts at 6:30PM, show starts at 7PM. The first 10 people to sign up are guaranteed a 5-minute slot, the rest of the names will perform as a lottery until 8:30PM. It doesn’t have to be squeaky clean, but keep it family friendly - kids are often in attendance. https://www.dawnbrodey.com/events/hilf-live monthly 0.5 2024-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/636ae889e55f6611e4093e96/36c09a9c-0aa4-4da1-9baa-df3fdbc272fe/HILF+LIVE+SHARE.jpg Events - HILF LIVE! - HILF LIVE! December 11th @ 8PM The HILF PODCAST just turned three and it’s time to celebrate face-to-face! 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