steamboat willy: January 2012

We travel down the Mississippi thru St. Louis and down to Cairo, we then turn east up the Ohio River and south on the Tennessee River by Paducah

Then we continue south on the Tennessee-Tombigbee waterway to the tombigbee river and complete the river journey to Mobile Alabama, we intend to travel the Gulf of Mexico and the intercostal waters east to Pensacola Florida and if our wives still want us back they will be meeting us with a boat trailer for the return trip home

General info:

Pontoon Premier 26'

Motor Honda 130 HP

Gas 30 Gallon tank

6- 6 gallon gas cans,

Locks 28 locks on the Mississippi

16 locks on the Tennessee

Trip Estimated 20 days

Distance 1,648 river miles

steamboat willy

Dave, the fishing guru

Doug the experienced sailor

Captain Steamboat Willy