It was in the low 40's and very windy, seeming much colder than that, when we left downtown Chattanooga heading north. We traversed the Chickamaugua Lock without delay. It's an old, smaller lock and known for long waits for commercial traffic sometimes. Heading north, the setting on Chickamaugua Lake (TN River) soon became a bit more rural. Enroute there were some magnificent estates along the river.
Harbor Lights Marina will be home-base for CRAZY EIGHTS. We will be about 2 1/2 hours from the marina, rather than 6 hours from St. Simon's Island, where she was previously docked. Note the covered slips on the photo. This is something new to us. It will be nice to keep the boat cleaner and cooler in the summer.
Our plan is that we will cruise on shorter trips, exploring the coves and lakes further north, all the way to Knoxville. We'll leave "The Loop" trip open-ended for now. We would've completed The Loop had we continued south, around FL and ending up in West Palm Beach, where we purchased the boat in July 2005. We traveled nearly 4,000 miles and many locks in 2007.
We want to say that it's been just a fabulous five months on the water, seeing new places and meeting wonderful Loopers from all over. Everyone always says, it's not what you see, but the friendships that you make along the way. It is SO true. There are too many to mention but you are all special and we hope that our paths will cross again.
The trip was more expensive this year than anticipated for several reasons. We stayed in marinas more than we had planned for. We ate out more, rarely saying no if someone was going out. After all, that's a lot fun and you get to know others better :=) And fuel was higher than last year - there's no choice there! So we had a trip of a life time and we wouldn't trade it for anything!
We arrived home to Atlanta on Thanksgiving weekend. The early part of December I decided it was time to go back to work. A three hour commute to/from Fayetteville even several days a week soon made me aware, that this plan is nuts. So I changed realty companies and I am now with RE/MAX Center, working from the Dacula office. I work from my home/office most of the time but am only eight miles away from the office. Portia, my partner, is still handling south metro Atlanta with Century 21. I hope that we will always be good friends and business "partners."
This area has been pretty busy and I've got some listings and a several buyers that I am working with. I work primarily Gwinnett and Hall counties, northeast Atlanta. If you have a real estate need, give me a call or quick email. I'd like to be your real estate resource. I can connect you with another real estate professional most anywhere in the country, if the need is out of my service area. It would be my pleasure. My phone is 770/891-1108 and email: Lee.Johnson@remax.net, and website: www.LeeJohnsonHomes.com.
Our new home is still a work in progress. We're meeting new neighbors. My niece,her husband and little girl live a few minutes from here. I have several Delta friends who live up this way, so it's all feeling "like home." Reggie is loving all the walking around the neighborhood and meeting new "buddies." I guess this makes us "landlubbers" again!
If you are up our way, or visiting in Atlanta, please let us know!
Sorry for the delay in finishing our Journey. We wish you all the best for 2008!
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