I really enjoy watching your content very educational. My wife and I are going to be doing the great loop next year and these videos have been very educational and fun to watch.
Hello, we really enjoy your videos, we typically watch these during lunch together. Just an FYI our nickname for you guys, which could sound like a band, is Ollie and The Loopers...
Flew out to the west coast on a business trip in 1993 and saw how flooded the Mississippi was. It went on for miles in both directions from its riverbed, it was quite amazing to see.
Tyler and I never miss a video!!! Love the education you give. Those wing dams caused more flow like you said, and one of the results was down river in New Orleans washing away some the estuaries that help absorb hurricane devastation.
Great loopers coming through town are enjoying our NEW docks. Telling me they need to wait for locks to open late Fall this year. Stuck in the Great Lakes this summer.
I think it’s an old German tradition, my Father and Grandfather both always ate apple pie with cheese. My Grandfather was from Germany and he always said this is just how you eat apple pie. We live just outside of St. Louis, MO.
Hello central Illinois here. I was introduced to cheddar on my apple pie some 25 years ago or so. And it is very good not my fav. Sorry i like vanilla ice cream best. But when unavailable sharp cheddar is next up.
You guys are the top notch locators of great places to stop……what resources are you using to find all these great places ?? What did you use when you were in the north channel ??
We mostly just search online, Navionics and Google Maps, as well as get recommendations from a lot of people from the area! We typically start with Navionics because if we can't get there by boat, we typically won't be able to go while Looping 😅 Thanks for watching!
Did you frame your looper flag? It shows pretty much the story of your trip. That pie looked delish. Just missing some vanilla ice cream. Enjoy your weekend!
1993 flood was a 500 year event, but 1995 flood was even worse. I-70 Missouri river bridge was sandbagged, river ran from bluff to bluff across the bottoms. Biblical.
Our boat goes 6.5 knots (roughly). The current on the Mississippi when we transited was sometimes 5-6 knots so going upstream would not have been feasible for us unless we wanted to burn a lot of fuel. I think average could have been 2 knots so if you're going to go 13 knots, and you aren't planing then expect to go much slower 😁
you guys are so cute. I gather this trip happened last year, so I suppose you have past through Pensacola. Looking forward to that episode! @@SchoandJo
