The last couple of days we worked on rigging the sails on Dagny so we can head into the Gulf of Mexico to do some real sailing. We plan to hug the coast along the panhandle heading east to Apalachicol ...

The last 48 hours have been a whirlwind of milestones and activity. The big milestone is that after 45 days of motoring down the rivers, we made it to the Gulf of Mexico! It’s hard to descri ...

Number 24 of 24 locks!! Yay! No more locks! Crazy bendy and twisty river today! And the charts are not accurate at all! We may or may not have run aground! Yikes! We haven't seen one of these for hour ...

A Big Milestone was reached by the Dagny crew on this day!

The lock master at Pickwick Lock took these of Dagny. She looks so tiny in the big lock! This day we went up 52' from the Tennessee River to Pickwick Lake.

Annie returned home from Alaska for a visit right before we left on our voyage. She went for a run one day and came home with a photo she had taken near our house. It was of a bald eagle perched high ...

Railroad tracks trace many of the miles of river we’ve traveled. I guess it makes sense as the river is somewhat level and has already carved a natural path. Sometimes these rail lines go through ...

Here is a glossary of terms to help explain some of the references in this blog. Most of these pertain to river travel. Hope this helps or is at least entertaining. * A followed by a number e.g. “A ...

Everything seems bigger on the Mississippi. The river itself is wide with a swift current that propels us forward at twice our usual speed. We are diligent in keeping within the proper navigational ai ...

Today was a provisioning day! We had not shopped since we left home, and the Paducah Kroger was hopping for a random Tuesday! There weren’t any carts available. Actually, we had a cart, but an elde ...