Molly and Madelyn's Great Loop

Molly’s Update:

Friday night in the dark we came into Green Turtle Bay. We were in our last locks for the day and the sun was setting and the moon was not shining and there were no stars.

Saturday we basically swam all day.  We swam in an outdoor pool with a slide and met 2 girls and played with them.  Then we ate lunch, went on a dinghy ride.  Then we went to rent a golf cart.  Also went to the ship store in the marina.  Then we swam in an indoor pool with a ping pong table.

Sunday we met some friends grandkids.  We took out their boat and swam in Kentucky Lake.  Then w came back here, saw their condo that they rented.  Then we swam in the pool with them. Then we went back to the condo.  They left.  We went back to the boat.

I fed the turtles crackers. When I was feeding them there was a duck sitting on the dock it  jumped in the water and ate some of the pieces. There were  all of these things sticking out of the water witch were all turtle heads. Last I felt bad for the turtles that have to live  in this nasty water with moss on there shells.

One day we took the boat out to an area where boats can anchor with painted rocks.   There was a rope swing and I got to go on it.  We will post pictures of that soon!

We also went mini golfing on our last day in Green Turtle Bay.

Talk to you soon! — Molly

Madelyn’s Update:

I got to feed the turtles.  I saw a million heads.  I saw fish also. They seem to like it.  I fed them crackers. They ate all of them.

We took the boat to painted rock cove and I got to go on a rope swing into the water.

On the last day we went mini golfing.

Talk to you soon! — Madelyn

 

 

 

 

 

My Aunt Emily came to visit from Kansas City.  We went to St. Louis with her.  Daddy, me and Maddy and Aunt Emily went up in the arch.  Mommy stayed down.  The arch goes up 630 feet.  The arch was built in memory for all the people who were traveling west. They used St. Louis as a trading place to buy and trade goods. St. Louis is where the Mississippi and Missouri river meet so that is why it was a good place to stop.  And also why people traveling liked to stop there.  In the arch when you looked out the window it was cool to see the things from up high and then on the ground.  For example, to see the helicopter tours, helicopters land and see the horses.  Also it was cool to see inside the Cardinals baseball field.  Love, Molly

I learned that the arch was made as a memory.  I saw a hot dog truck.  I also saw a baseball field.  Love, Maddy

today we are going 4 hours. The river is so flooded that we went right over the locks. Before we left we spent the morning with Grandma Cathy. Also we walked to the lighthouse.  Then we left.  I saw a lot of barges.  There was this one that was so big that they had to bring half of it through the locks. Then they let some of us and other boats go through.  Then they brought the other half through. I’ve also seen a lot of pelicans.  Here is a picture of one.

Madelyn wanted to do some blogging as well so I (Laura) told her if she wrote it out I’d type it up for her.  This from Madelyn:

We are going on the river for two months.  I met a dog named Benji.  The first day of the boat trip my cousins came on the boat.  We have been on the boat trip for six days.

Hi to Grandma Cathy, Grandpa Jim, Mema, Poppop, Sophie, Zoe, Jack, Kathy, Aunt Kyle, Uncle Max, Claudia, Livia, Sabina, Hannah, Aunt Libby, Uncle Brian, Jacob, Grace, Eli, and Caroline!

Today my cousins came  and grandpa. we went through two different locks . my grandpa had to put down the antennas. We went under a 19 foot railroad bridge that we just barley fit under with the antennas down. when we went under there was a train crossing over .We  saw a lot of barges along the river.Then we got to Juliet and docked .my grandma got on the boat we ate dinner and went to the park .then we got back on the boat and my cousins and grandparents left . Then we saw a big barge went under the bridge and right next to us .It was the first moving barge i had seen that day .there is one boat that we dont know for sure is a great looper but all the others are.