End of the trip....

Well, our third day (yesterday) was a short run! We only had about 21 miles to do from Goose Pond to Alred Marina where we were dropping the boat off for the new topsides painting. Honestly- none of us wanted the trip to end! Caleb and I agreed that we should keep driving the boat until "we can see dolphins." I have to agree with that! It was truly a great trip with my dad and Caleb. As this was the biggest run our old boat has done in a long time I was curious to see how she would run. We put just under 20 hours on the engines on this little run. I just could not be happier with how the boat performed. Once her topsides are painted, she should prove to be a very solid and good looking classic for us to explore the water from. Coming from previously owning gas powered boats, it was remarkable how much the little diesel in our trawler just seemed happier the more she ran. It made all the work from this winter worth it to be able to go on this trip and not have any issues to speak of!

The big question will be, once we get her back in just about 2 weeks, do we take her back up river or just keep going down the river to the coast!! :)

Here are a few pictures from our day #3 on the water:

Beautiful morning at Goose Pond:

Goose Pond transient slip in the morning:

Saying goodbye to Goose Pond as he begin to make our way down the river:

Before this trip, Goose Pond was the furthest down river we had ever been. I can't tell you how impressed we were with Lake Guntersville as we continued south! Talk about a gorgeous lake!! Very wide, nice houses, pretty views...really a nice place to boat it seemed.

I liked this guy's style...finished his boat house before his land house! :)

We passed our first and only barge today on the river as well:

And yes....dad and Caleb still found time to take a nap! A 3 day long monopoly game can wear you out I guess!!

It definitely was a lot less windy so driving from the flybridge helm for a while was fun:

The phrase "Sitting like a bump on a log" came to mind when I saw these guys hanging out:

And alas, we reached Alred Marina:

I kid you not when I say that I wish we could have kept cruising longer!!!!!!!! This was our first taste of having our trawler on the river, her longest run in many years, and our first chance to try out all the work we have done to her. She ran like a champ and proved to be a comfortable cruiser for us in every regard. Stay tuned for future adventures and travels!

Just for fun, here is another little short video of our time underway: