Jeff and Susie Parker are adventurists through and through. If they're not out cruising on their Krogen 48' North Sea, Idyll Time, they are most likely hiking the Appalachian Trail  or climbing Mt. Everest or exploring some other uncharted territory.
 

January, 2011 - "Staying in the Loop" - Kathy Becker -  Naples Illustrated

Chip Harris and Michele Peppe have a message for anyone thinking about doing something monumental in this new year. "seize the day," Harris says. "This isn't a dress rehearsal," Peppe says.

December 8, 2010 - "Seeing America from the Water" - Elisabeth Arriero - Charlotte Observer

For many boaters in the area, Lake Norman is a highly sought-after recreational destination.

But after last spring, Jack and Pia Griffin will never see Lake Norman the same way again.

October 28, 2010 - "Around the Great Loop" - Erika Odell - WAAY TV.com

Have you ever dreamed of leaving everything behind, jumping on a boat, and casting off on a great adventure? That's exactly what hundreds of people across the United States have done, and they've made a stop in the Shoals.

October 27, 2010 - "On the Great Loop, throw the timetable overboard"- Dennis Shaw, The Times Daily

Members of America’s Great Loop Cruisers’ Association have spent three days at Joe Wheeler State Park, but most will toss their schedule overboard as they depart the Shoals today.

Fall/Winter 2010  - "Great Journey, Great Loop" - Bobbye Kenyon, Boating World

The Great Loop has been described as the ulitmate boating excursion. This mega-mile adventure affords boaters majestic views from the waterways that pair the past with the present.

 

Sept. 30, 2010 - "After Plenty of peril - and oatmeal - Destin Duo complete the journey of a lifetime" - Rebecca Deely, Destin Log

The Great Loop has a simple name, but completing it is anything but. Just ask Dave and Kaleen Dixon of Destin.

The duo recently completed the grueling trek that runs along the Eastern Seaboard of the United States and around to the Mississippi River, creating an imperfect circle around the United States.

July 20, 2010 - "A Tiny Boat Tackles the Great Loop" - Shipping News

For a man from the cornfields of Illinois with little boating experience and a tiny boat, Buzz Gentes sure has come a long way. Buzz, traveling aboard his 15-foot sailboat Dalmar, is 3,500 miles into a hoped-for 6,000 mile trek that stretches from the mid-West rivers to the Atlantic seaboard.

June 15, 2010- "Let's All do the Rendezvous"-Lisa Targal Favors, BoatUS Cruising Logs

If one day you plan on becoming a “Looper” the very first order of business is to join America’s Great Loop Cruisers’ Association (AGLCA) and attend at least one of their twice yearly (spring/fall) rendezvous, preferably well in advance of taking
off on your cruise.


April 28, 2010 - "Boaters on 5,500-mile journey gather in North Myrtle Beach"- Jake Spring, Myrtle Beach Sun News

Each February, a handful of zealous boaters set out for a 5,500-mile journey up the East Coast throught the Great Lakes and down the Mississippi River, then loop back to where they started.

 

Spring, 2010 - "54 Weeks, 7500 Miles"- Joe Amelia, The Port Hole -

Once again we are back on land, living as dirt dwellers, after circumnavigating the eastern half of North America.

On June 17, 2009, my wife Mary Beth and I completed a 54 week long, 7500 mile sailing adventure on our 30 foot Morgan Sailboat, The Pot 'O'Gold.

 
February 18, 2010 - "Unwindering around our Great Loop" - Capt. Rick Butler, Great Lakes Scuttlebutt

Cruising the Great Loop - about 6,000 miles around the eastern half of North America - is a grand adventure, full of challenges even for experienced long range cruisers. It is also an increasingly rare opportunity in modern urban lives, something not often discussed in how-to articles about this magnificent cruising odyssey.



December 22, 2009 - "Local Residents Complete Trip of a Lifetime" - Sheila Holden, Pulaski Citizen

Evan and Pookie Davis of Pulaski recently received their BaccaLooperate Degree from America's Great Loop Cruisers' Association.

 

October 24, 2009 - "Boaters Back after 12 months, 7000 Miles" - Guntersville Advertiser-Gleam

Brad and Patti Salvage retired last year and boarded their 48-foot boat at Lake Guntersville Yacht Club for the trip of a lifetime.

October 24, 2009 - "Boaters Rendezvous at Joe Wheeler" - Brian Hughes, Times Daily

Jan and Nicoline Chardet's address changes by the day - if not the second.

 

October 23, 2009 - "Alabama Couple Plans to Circle eastern US in Boat" - Press-Register

Carlton and Becky Moore will have their 40-foot boat, SeaMoore, all to themselves when they embark on their 6,000-mile trip next year.

But they will hardly be alone.

October 3, 2009 - "Family makes dramatic lifestyle change" - North Ottawa Weekly

There are people who dream of the having the kind of lifestyle that the Parrent family of Ada was living — a beautiful home, nice cars, financial success and security.


September 27, 2009, - "Hardbergers Travel Miles in a Boat Called Aimless" - Phil Hardberger, San Antonio Press-Register

Fall comes early in these high latitudes. The trees are already splashed with little dabs of yellows, oranges, reds and purples. Although we are in Middle America, we are at 43 degress of latitude, as high as Boston on the map.

September, 2009 - "Virtual Voyage: The Tennessee River" - Pierce Homer, MotorBoating  

It's early October, and after making your way south from the Great Lakes by way of America's inland river system, you turned upstream on the Tennessee River. You enjoyed a five-day layover at Green Turtle Bay (greenturtlebay.com) in Kentucky's "land between the lakes" region and then followed the meandering course of Kentucky Lake.

August 9, 2009 - "A Sailing Adventure" - Sally Cole, The Guardian

All his life, Joe Amelia dreamed of going on a swashbuckling sailing adventure. So last year he decided to make it a reality. In 2008, the Crapaud resident quit his job as a truck driver and invited his wife, who had just retired from the bank, to join him on an extensive cruise.

March, 2009 - "Plan to Cruise the Tennessee River" - Bob Duthie, Heartland Boating

The Tennessee River is one of the longest and most scenic in North America. It is a 1,300-mile round trip of gorgeous fresh water cruising from Paduch, Ky. to Knoxville, Tenn.


January 31, 2009 - "Local Boaters Take a Year to Circle North America" - Doris Prichard, Konxville News Sentinel