On September 6th, we became owners of a 40' Mainship, we named "The Other Woman." Danny along with Bill, a Captain moved the boat from Whitehall, Michigan to Chicago. These pictures are in Whitehall after the name was put on the boat.
In Chicago, Danny met up with Timmy and his friend Jim to move the boat from Chicago through the Chicago, Illinois, Mississippi, Ohio, Cumberland Rivers, and finally Tennessee River to Green Turtle Bay Marina in Grand Rivers, Ky. You can see the boat in downtown Chicago, as they would pass under an Amtrak train track when raised which looks in terrible shape which was built in 1915. Danny spoke about the number of Eagles some with eaglets going down the rivers. The pictures weren't close enough for you to appreciate so I have not included them. Seeing signs for an electric fence to keep the Asian carp out of the middle of the river and your boat was also entertaining. I remember the CBS Sunday morning program about this issue where the fish would jump up into the boats. The arch in St Louis from the Mississippi River was great BUT there is nowhere near the arch to tie up a boat which is hard to believe. Lastly, her current home at Green Turtle. Tim and Jim flew back to Virginia and Danny worked on projects until I got here Tuesday fleeing Hurricane Ian.
We are both working to get things squared away- clothes and "stuff". We each have our assignments to complete before leaving for Italy next Wednesday. Tomorrow we plan to drive to Paducah to get items for the boat and finish our jobs. On our return in November, Danny hired a Captain to work with me for 2 days since he thought listening to someone other than himself would work better for me. Yes, he would be correct about that! Stay tuned...
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