Lock operators are typically so great! I needed a part while on the Erie canal & the lock tender called his wife and she delivered it to me. Absolutely fantastic. Love the towns and coves you find. Mississippi, definitely underrated..the residents probably prefer it that way!
The first lock after the ditch is the tallest lock in the us at 84 ft, when at the bottom looking up quite impressive! After that 14 more locks and lakes, good fishing, really enjoyed it, good place to spend the winter by Bobs fish camp. Keep up the good videos!
That was a fun ride! True, you do feel small and alone when on the water in some of those isolated places! I love that feeling! Living by the longest freshwater beach in the world (I know you'll have a Superior comment to that! Lol!) We simply boat straignt out into the bay and the loud noise fades and the crouds of people become dots on the horizon as we swim around our boat alone! As it may have been thousands of years ago!!! Priceless! BestRoy
You Roy, know what I'm trying to say ;) I'm always too afraid to swim around the boat way out in the lake. My imagination takes hold and you'd laugh if I told you what I think is swimming below us. I need to do some fear conquering this summer.
I enjoy watching your adventures. I was pleasantly surprised to see a town you went through recently. It was Savannah Tennessee. That white beautiful plantation home you showed is the Cherry mansion. The town was part of the civil war at the battle of Shiloh. There’s a museum and a historical park .
Good to see a new "underway on the river" video. Something about watching your videos about being on the rivers that I just love and I like that you have done this part of the trip in the winter which is something you don't usually see, but a young couple that did the Loop on their 30 plus year old diesel Trawler, came down this part of the Loop in the winter too. They have released their videos at the speed that they could beat do so and in video time, they are almost back to the point of "Crossing their Wake" and finishing the Loop in Key West, but in real time, they finished the Loop over a year ago now. I say just put out your videos as you can and don't worry about how far behind you might be video wise from real world time. The trip is the point of doing a fantastic trip like this is the trip and the places, things and people encountered along the way. If you wanted to take a fast trip from Point A to B, just get on the interstates and haul booty! Sometimes that is the way you have to travel. It's gets it done fast but it's not very interesting!
Agreed. One "problem" is, when we finish the loop, summer adventures I the Northland will be happening. Staying fairly current will help in making those. The adventures never end ;) stay tuned...
Great job on the last two videos! I really appreciated the calm, secluded scenes of the water. It's so relaxing. The scooter adventure was amazing too, well maybe not so much for you and Wavey in that crazy monsoon of a storm! I just bought my first scooter last July and already have 1k miles on it. Boating and scooter adventures, if I can't get out to do them because of winter I can certainly enjoy them by watching my favorite RUclips channel. Oh, by the way, we lived in Minnesota and are very familiar with your neck of the woods. Look forward to the next video!
Thank you Susanne, and thank you for being a member of the channel. What kind of scooter did you buy? Where in Minnesota did you guys live? Summer is coming fast? I sure wouldn't want to spend it in Florida, it's already too hot down here
@backwatersandbackroads we lived in Woodbury for 12 years and did a lot of boating on the Mississippi and St. Croix. We also went up to Brainard quite a bit. I was so sad to leave Minnesota (work thing) and hope to move back but it's crazy how much it has changed. I still visit often, after all they have the BEST state fair! Oh, the scooter is a Bintelli 49cc. Since I'm learning still I didn't want to go too powerful, lol. At a max speed of 35 mph I'm really taking the backroads and loving it!
Great job is always guys as always. I'm from Northern Wisconsin and have traveled extensively through mississippi. In a lot of ways the geography is similar with lots of trees and lakes and hills just like wisconsin. The big difference is in Wisconsin there are taverns every few miles and in Mississippi there are Baptist Churches every few miles.🎚️😮
Bay Springs is my home port I’m sure the folks at Fulton, Midway Marina, treated you kindly. N they love for transients to spend holidays with them! Safe travels. 22:07
What a kind lockmaster. Those locks make me nervous. That might be the reason I don't do the loop, but only portions of it that don't have locks. I admire your bravery, you're learning a lot.Thanks for sharing it all. It is pretty amazing.Great feats of engineering.😊
When I was discharged from the Navy in 1981 I went to work on the river. Not enough space to tell you all the rivers. Probably my favourite was Arkansas River and Tennessee River. Ohio is not good but upper Mississippi was great. I envy you, I put in 10 years and still think back daily about it. Be safe and enjoy, never know this old man might just do the Loop and keep going lol
@@backwatersandbackroads I think for me and you have to remember my last trip on the Ohio was in 1988. It was very polluted and the locks were in rough shape. As are most of them, now right up there as far as polluted is the Upper Illinois as you might have seen. I was raised on the Upper Mississippi Pool 18 Oquawka Illinois. My father built Mach I and Envision Boats for years and I was driving a boat on the river as young as 10. I'll a bona fide River Rat and a better person for it. Upper Lower Mississippi, Missouri River, Arkansas River Ohio River tombigbee waterway Tennessee River up to chickamauga lock, Mobile Bay up the black Warrior River that was an experience. Ocean going tug from Tampa Bay Corpus Christi Texas back around to Jacksonville FL. Best eats in the business working on line boats.
@Mach11976 you were born on the water. I got here as fast as I could ;) I did see how polluted the Illinois was/is. I even caught somw kind of rash from it back on the first trip
@@backwatersandbackroads I remember a lock on the Illinois, Lockport to exact. Some of the stuff you see as you're sitting in the lock I wouldn't describe here lol you can imagine. Turn off fertilizer and wastewater has been pumped into that River for years unfortunately. I still love it as a river. In my DNA.
33:38--Yep, Wavey Girl, you done did good on a long day out on the water. Long, yet some of our shortest days of the year, those leading up to and just after, Christmas. Amazing to have all that waterway to yourselves and just a couple other towboats. The seclusion of it all just comes through on those empty vistas.
You do a great job at keeping these videos interesting and I appreciate you working on them to eventually catch up to present time. I think the lock master was very impressed with your Shanty boat since he was very interested in it
Thank you Karen. I learned from the original Shanty Boat Beagle Adventure 5 years ago that people will find our series years later. I better do the best job I can :) I ALWAYS start a video thinking "this is going to be boring and terrible" by the end, I almost always feel it turned out worth watching;) Thanks for sticking around. Eventually this adventure will wrap up, and folks will decide whether to continue being interested in what we do. I hope they do ;) YT is a fickle thing
@@backwatersandbackroadsjust continue being you, that's the magic. And think this series will continue to gain popularity as time goes on as more people discover your Channel
I am for the first time watching this series. As far as I know, it helps channels to comment. I'm going to do that more as I watch. And I agree, Ben & Jerry's puts the biggest idiots on their ice. I don't cave often but when I do it's so irritating to see Stephen Colbert in my freezer. 🙄😂
Really enjoyed video keep up the great work. I like that some lock operators will have conversation and the beauty and loneliness of the river is what i enjoy the most and the big fish in tombigbee. Safe travels and keep on keeping on.
Thank you. I'm ashamed we haven't been fishing much. Strangely, we feel like we have to keep moving a little everyday. It's a busy life. Not complicated really, just 100 things a day to do and stay aware of. Ep:27 coming up...
@backwatersandbackroads hope you get to take time to fish . Keeping up with videos and being a beagle tender is a full time job but you are doing great and like you say some people have real problems.
3:38 I can't imagine how many hours you've spent in that spot by now. 10:08 I would've taken that picture too. 27:48 What a great lockmaster. 32:54 That reminds me. The weather here is awesome. I'm taking the DR out today. I put 93 miles on her yesterday. C,mon spring. With the tons of footage you have to sort through by now, I hope you have everything backed up extremely well. I'm glad to see you're back.
Most of both sides of the Bay Springs Lake are various Government Recreation Areas. Just found you, so I'm binge watching to get up to episode 28. Greetings from Mobile, AL.
Video is amazing man ditch does not seem so bad… that lock and damn bell seems more like a prison siren lol.. man I can’t wait to be on the water went to the boat today and fixed the problem on my toilets so much fun man
Very entertaining video, several years ago me and my cousin flew to Paducah, Kentucky to pick up a 32' Hatteras Sport fishing boat and deliver it to Ft. Myers, Florida, for the life of me I don't remember going threw all those locks...
I recently poked around to see what happened to all of the spoil generated when they dug the Tenn Tom waterway. One source stated the spoil was placed in nearby valleys. My guess is the Sedimentation Range sign may denote an area where the spoil was dumped.
@@backwatersandbackroads Hells Bells, you ain't a shittin!!! Maybe that is why Lucy always told me that!!! She didn't listen to a damn thing once that sniffer hit the ground!
Ok I’m confused. When you started out, you had an inflatable dinghy, now you’re pulling a kayak, and where did the other dinghy come from that you took Wavey to the island on? Please explain. I see the inflatable under your scooter.
We deflated the inflatable and picked up a kayak. We since have given the inflatable to a buddy ans have a Portland Pudgy (coming in future episodes) we're a couple months behind in RUclips time.
I really enjoy your channel. I often don't know when you are. What I mean by that you and the other channels I watch don't often tell the date or even the month. This episode you mentioned it was Christmas. Why don't you tell us the date? Either way keep em coming. Best of luck to you and Wavey.
That's indeed a problem buddy. You'd have to have the boat lifted out of the water to do that. We had 2k hours on the lower unit oil, it wasn't as bad as you'd think.
Thanks Buddy..for your support man! Hey do they ever talk about Asian Carp in Superior yet? I am sure you know about the electric underwater “gates…shock therapy “ near Chicago
Oh, this is what I was going to say isn’t it cool how many of the states have the same names of cities or many of the cities have names in other states that are the same..I think that’s really cool.
Damn. Now I know I'm old. I heard that lock siren and immediately thought "Air Raid!" and for a moment wondered where the nearest bunker was. Great video, Brenton. I'll admit I've been looking, looking, looking every day hoping you'd have your newest installment and -- as Mel Fisher used to say -- "Today's the day!" The drone is a great idea. I got one a couple of years ago but ended up not using it because it requires some kind of FAA license. I didn't get around to getting it before the batteries -- expensive Mantis batteries -- decided to swell up and become unchargable. Anyway, check out whether you need a license or not before you post any drone video footage and some A-hole reports you to one of the alphabet agencies. I -- like many, many others -- am really enjoying your trip on the Great Loop. You and wavy have a way of making it all very pleasant and interesting and I start feeling a little sad as each episode comes to its end. But the good news is that another installment will be along soon. Thanks again for some great videos!
Man, this makes me feel so good. Thank you for appreciating these videos. I will ask about the drone license. I pretty sure we don't need one, just can't fly in restricted places. The app won't let you fly in one. Working on ep:27 now...
I to procrastinate a lot as of this moment I’m 2 months behind and I’m not going anywhere and I’m not documenting my journey to no where so I guess I’m lost in space and time, and then I watch you and realize that you’re going back in time,wish I could do that but my time machine is out of order I think one of those idiots on the BJ ice cream box messed with it. Oh well great episode keep it up and one of these days your head will catch up with your posterior lol.
I started with episode 1 on this adventure. I’m really enjoying the episodes. But I just realized you changed out your dingy. With the first couple times you looked out back and I saw a kayak behind you instead of your inflatable I thought it was more flash backs. then I saw the plastic dingy. I guess I must of missed something somewhere.
We've experimented with a lot of dinks. The inflatable was deflated and rolled up until I could get it off the boat. The kayaks are back up to get to shore. The Portland Pudgy came later in Florida and solved all the dink problems ;)
@@backwatersandbackroads I saw the inflatable rolled up under the scooter after I wrote the comment. Personally i would have left inflated upside down on the roof. You never know when you need something like that.
Darn good vid Brent. Noticed Wavy has a small white tip on her tail just like my 51/2 month girl. To be a real Beagle they have to have a white tip on tail.
Not a wood duck, a Hooded Merganser I'm surprised that you don't recognize the different species of bird life on the river. After all the time you put in on the water.
Thanks. How is that a surprise? If I remember correctly, it was fairly far away, and yes...there's a lot of stuff like that I don't know. Tree species is another example. Do you know everything?
The inflatable is deflated and stored away (in this video) we since gVd it to another shanty boat friend. The kayak was given to us by the Tennessee shanty boat fella (he's got stuff coming out his ears) but!!! Now we have a Portland Pudgy. Coming soon in videos...
They're style seem to be that they take in water like a wet suit. Very good for walking a water line looking for shells and beach glass. I've always been too cheap to buy good shoes. This has been nice;)
“For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.” Romans 1:20
We started with our inflatable. Then got a kayak and deflated it. Now we have a Portland Pudgy. ;) so far, the Pudgy and a small kayak is the beagle's howl
Be careful with the drone. Different states have different laws. Other people’s privacy is a big consideration. There are no fly zones in many local parks. Some states allow drones in their State Parks and some don’t. Also, if you generate any percentage of income from drone footage a part 107 pilots license is required. BIG fines involved.
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I love the interaction with the lock master.
Love those kind of Lock Operators that enjoy their job!
I really enjoyed the radio conversation with the curious lockmaster.
Thank you for acknowledging my state ❤
Lock operators are typically so great! I needed a part while on the Erie canal & the lock tender called his wife and she delivered it to me. Absolutely fantastic. Love the towns and coves you find. Mississippi, definitely underrated..the residents probably prefer it that way!
The first lock after the ditch is the tallest lock in the us at 84 ft, when at the bottom looking up quite impressive! After that 14 more locks and lakes, good fishing, really enjoyed it, good place to spend the winter by Bobs fish camp. Keep up the good videos!
That was a high lock! I knew it had to be one of the highest. Bobby's fish camp ain't what it use to be. You'll see....:(
I believe the highest is john day lock and dam on the Columbia River it's 113 feet maximum 84 is still huge
@@bensmith4563 Wow thank you for the info, that is enormous hope I get there some day.
That was a fun ride! True, you do feel small and alone when on the water in some of those isolated places! I love that feeling! Living by the longest freshwater beach in the world (I know you'll have a Superior comment to that! Lol!) We simply boat straignt out into the bay and the loud noise fades and the crouds of people become dots on the horizon as we swim around our boat alone! As it may have been thousands of years ago!!! Priceless! BestRoy
You Roy, know what I'm trying to say ;) I'm always too afraid to swim around the boat way out in the lake. My imagination takes hold and you'd laugh if I told you what I think is swimming below us. I need to do some fear conquering this summer.
@@backwatersandbackroadsDon't Bull Sharks come up the Mississippi?
By chance, are ya feeding that phobia? lol.@@roydesignedthat
@@IntheBlood67 I feed, and you can decide to eat or no. Lol! AllthebestRoy
I think the lock master is going to build his own shanty boat now, he pretty much has the recipe. :)
I think he's kinda lonesome!
That's a dude that's dreamed of doing the loop for a little bit.
I Love your Boat, so much simpler then the big boys. You have a great setup. I hope you have a fun time!
Thank you Claire. I'm glad you found us ;)
I enjoy watching your adventures. I was pleasantly surprised to see a town you went through recently. It was Savannah Tennessee. That white beautiful plantation home you showed is the Cherry mansion. The town was part of the civil war at the battle of Shiloh. There’s a museum and a historical park .
I visited Shiloh memorial, there's a link in the description of the latest video
Pickwick lake ie pickwick dam Tennessee is we’re I live where the ditch starts..
Good to see a new "underway on the river" video. Something about watching your videos about being on the rivers that I just love and I like that you have done this part of the trip in the winter which is something you don't usually see, but a young couple that did the Loop on their 30 plus year old diesel Trawler, came down this part of the Loop in the winter too. They have released their videos at the speed that they could beat do so and in video time, they are almost back to the point of "Crossing their Wake" and finishing the Loop in Key West, but in real time, they finished the Loop over a year ago now. I say just put out your videos as you can and don't worry about how far behind you might be video wise from real world time. The trip is the point of doing a fantastic trip like this is the trip and the places, things and people encountered along the way. If you wanted to take a fast trip from Point A to B, just get on the interstates and haul booty! Sometimes that is the way you have to travel. It's gets it done fast but it's not very interesting!
Agreed. One "problem" is, when we finish the loop, summer adventures I the Northland will be happening. Staying fairly current will help in making those. The adventures never end ;) stay tuned...
I just started watching your videos and am truly loving them. Thanks for sharing..
Thank you Steve. I'm glad you found us
Man those locks are huge over there in America. Nice video 🇩🇪🐬🇺🇸
Great job on the last two videos! I really appreciated the calm, secluded scenes of the water. It's so relaxing. The scooter adventure was amazing too, well maybe not so much for you and Wavey in that crazy monsoon of a storm! I just bought my first scooter last July and already have 1k miles on it. Boating and scooter adventures, if I can't get out to do them because of winter I can certainly enjoy them by watching my favorite RUclips channel. Oh, by the way, we lived in Minnesota and are very familiar with your neck of the woods. Look forward to the next video!
Thank you Susanne, and thank you for being a member of the channel. What kind of scooter did you buy? Where in Minnesota did you guys live? Summer is coming fast? I sure wouldn't want to spend it in Florida, it's already too hot down here
@backwatersandbackroads we lived in Woodbury for 12 years and did a lot of boating on the Mississippi and St. Croix. We also went up to Brainard quite a bit. I was so sad to leave Minnesota (work thing) and hope to move back but it's crazy how much it has changed. I still visit often, after all they have the BEST state fair! Oh, the scooter is a Bintelli 49cc. Since I'm learning still I didn't want to go too powerful, lol. At a max speed of 35 mph I'm really taking the backroads and loving it!
@susannally8979 That's a good way to start. I have a couple 49cc scoots myself;) Minnesota is a misunderstood state. I could say a lot about it.
The Corps of Engineers own that land.
Another FANTASTIC video. I was just kidding about that 5 videos a week. I was just dreaming & hoping.
Gonna be 2 or 3 here for a while ;)
@@backwatersandbackroadsI'll take it.
Great job is always guys as always. I'm from Northern Wisconsin and have traveled extensively through mississippi. In a lot of ways the geography is similar with lots of trees and lakes and hills just like wisconsin. The big difference is in Wisconsin there are taverns every few miles and in Mississippi there are Baptist Churches every few miles.🎚️😮
Thank you for sharing. Very interesting going through those locks.
Hi Becky. Thanks for finding us
Bay Springs is my home port I’m sure the folks at Fulton, Midway Marina, treated you kindly. N they love for transients to spend holidays with them! Safe travels. 22:07
Squirrels for breakfast ;)
What a kind lockmaster. Those locks make me nervous. That might be the reason I don't do the loop, but only portions of it that don't have locks. I admire
your bravery, you're learning a lot.Thanks for sharing it all. It is pretty amazing.Great feats of engineering.😊
The first bridge you came to when you entered the Tenn-Tom waterway was scruggs boat ramp area,hwy 25 bridge ,first town was burnsville ms
Great piece. Thanks again.
What a great way to start the day! Loved the intro especially. Wavey is such a good girl. Me and the kitties send love and hugs to you and Wavey!
Hi Eva ;) I'm so glad you find value in our little adventures
Tons of joy @@backwatersandbackroads
When I was discharged from the Navy in 1981 I went to work on the river. Not enough space to tell you all the rivers. Probably my favourite was Arkansas River and Tennessee River. Ohio is not good but upper Mississippi was great. I envy you, I put in 10 years and still think back daily about it. Be safe and enjoy, never know this old man might just do the Loop and keep going lol
Can you tell me/us more about the Ohio? And why you'd consider it not good?
@@backwatersandbackroads I think for me and you have to remember my last trip on the Ohio was in 1988. It was very polluted and the locks were in rough shape. As are most of them, now right up there as far as polluted is the Upper Illinois as you might have seen. I was raised on the Upper Mississippi Pool 18 Oquawka Illinois. My father built Mach I and Envision Boats for years and I was driving a boat on the river as young as 10. I'll a bona fide River Rat and a better person for it. Upper Lower Mississippi, Missouri River, Arkansas River Ohio River tombigbee waterway Tennessee River up to chickamauga lock, Mobile Bay up the black Warrior River that was an experience. Ocean going tug from Tampa Bay Corpus Christi Texas back around to Jacksonville FL. Best eats in the business working on line boats.
@Mach11976 you were born on the water. I got here as fast as I could ;) I did see how polluted the Illinois was/is. I even caught somw kind of rash from it back on the first trip
@@backwatersandbackroads I remember a lock on the Illinois, Lockport to exact. Some of the stuff you see as you're sitting in the lock I wouldn't describe here lol you can imagine. Turn off fertilizer and wastewater has been pumped into that River for years unfortunately. I still love it as a river. In my DNA.
Thanks for sharing the adventure, keep’’em coming skipper!
33:38--Yep, Wavey Girl, you done did good on a long day out on the water. Long, yet some of our shortest days of the year, those leading up to and just after, Christmas. Amazing to have all that waterway to yourselves and just a couple other towboats. The seclusion of it all just comes through on those empty vistas.
We went from Vicksburg to the Natchez trail. Drove it for a few hours. It was lovely.
Thank you so very much for your compliments about Mississippi.
Just the facts, mam, just the facts ;) Love Mississippi
You do a great job at keeping these videos interesting and I appreciate you working on them to eventually catch up to present time.
I think the lock master was very impressed with your Shanty boat since he was very interested in it
Thank you Karen. I learned from the original Shanty Boat Beagle Adventure 5 years ago that people will find our series years later. I better do the best job I can :) I ALWAYS start a video thinking "this is going to be boring and terrible" by the end, I almost always feel it turned out worth watching;) Thanks for sticking around. Eventually this adventure will wrap up, and folks will decide whether to continue being interested in what we do. I hope they do ;) YT is a fickle thing
@@backwatersandbackroadsjust continue being you, that's the magic. And think this series will continue to gain popularity as time goes on as more people discover your Channel
Always glad to see you when you pop up
loved this ! Thanks from Tom n Susie .. we have snow in the woods yet here .. miss you both * Bless you two always *
I've been that way on the Mississippi River before, so peaceful 😊
Another very enjoyable video. Very relaxing.
Glad to hear ;) another coming shortly. Tomorrow around 5pm God willing. "Working" hard ;)
Another great video, thanks for taking us along 👍👍
I really enjoyed this video Thank you
Thanks for showing up buddy. Episode 27 tomorrow by 5pm God willing. Working butt off
Unbelievable trip
Very enjoyable! Well done....thank you!
I am for the first time watching this series. As far as I know, it helps channels to comment. I'm going to do that more as I watch. And I agree, Ben & Jerry's puts the biggest idiots on their ice. I don't cave often but when I do it's so irritating to see Stephen Colbert in my freezer. 🙄😂
@@AndreaLKL72 right!? :)
Really enjoyed video keep up the great work. I like that some lock operators will have conversation and the beauty and loneliness of the river is what i enjoy the most and the big fish in tombigbee. Safe travels and keep on keeping on.
Thank you. I'm ashamed we haven't been fishing much. Strangely, we feel like we have to keep moving a little everyday. It's a busy life. Not complicated really, just 100 things a day to do and stay aware of. Ep:27 coming up...
@backwatersandbackroads hope you get to take time to fish . Keeping up with videos and being a beagle tender is a full time job but you are doing great and like you say some people have real problems.
3:38 I can't imagine how many hours you've spent in that spot by now.
10:08 I would've taken that picture too.
27:48 What a great lockmaster.
32:54 That reminds me. The weather here is awesome. I'm taking the DR out today. I put 93 miles on her yesterday. C,mon spring.
With the tons of footage you have to sort through by now, I hope you have everything backed up extremely well. I'm glad to see you're back.
Amazing!
Most of both sides of the Bay Springs Lake are various Government Recreation Areas. Just found you, so I'm binge watching to get up to episode 28. Greetings from Mobile, AL.
Hi Ron! Thanks for finding us. I kind of figured that, it's too nice to not be developed otherwise
My son and i liked our time in a canoe w he was small .in the 80s ..like another world ..
Thanks Brent .enjoyed your viedo❤
"We carry on", the phrase that Heralds Armchair Adventure and Delights!
Yes sir. It needs a T shirt. And "who has time for a job?" ;)
Video is amazing man ditch does not seem so bad… that lock and damn bell seems more like a prison siren lol.. man I can’t wait to be on the water went to the boat today and fixed the problem on my toilets so much fun man
Those hisea shoes are good
They sure are holding up ;)
Very entertaining video, several years ago me and my cousin flew to Paducah, Kentucky to pick up a 32' Hatteras Sport fishing boat and deliver it to Ft. Myers, Florida, for the life of me I don't remember going threw all those locks...
Howdy ;) did you take a different route?
@@backwatersandbackroads I remember going through some locks, seems like they were spread farther apart.
@scable-eq7bp they bunch up a lot there at the top. Nice when they finally end;)
Thanks!
Thank you!! Very generous and helpful
I recently poked around to see what happened to all of the spoil generated when they dug the Tenn Tom waterway. One source stated the spoil was placed in nearby valleys. My guess is the Sedimentation Range sign may denote an area where the spoil was dumped.
That makes sense!
That's almost like finger nails on a black board! 😵 The squeaking!
Thanks for the video! 😉✌
The ballad of the lock ;)
“That’s what I’m talking about…just you and your dog?can’t get no argument out of that”…I thought that lockmaster was going to jump onboard 😂
He got it :) sounds like he might have had similar experiences
"Puppy collars... what the heck are those things for anyways?? We haaaaaate those!"-- Lucy the Beagle
If they only weren't slaves to their noses. They'd run into traffic if they smelled a hotdog ;)
@@backwatersandbackroads Hells Bells, you ain't a shittin!!! Maybe that is why Lucy always told me that!!! She didn't listen to a damn thing once that sniffer hit the ground!
@paulrevere4749 all beagles are are noses with dogs attached to move the noses around ;)
Just saying hi from cincinnati. I enjoyed watching & subscribed
Howdy! Welcome!! Thanks for finding us :)
Very nice video I am really enjoying watching youre trip stay safe and catch ya on the next one👍✌️🛥🎣
Check out this fella's channel guys and gals. :) ^^^^^
Contributing to Wavey treat link because I agree with your comment about idiots on ice cream carton.
Thank you!! For backing me up. :)
I’d rather be kind than right.
@@CollinsRealty you can be kind AND right ;)
Hi Brenton and Wavey 😊😊
Hi Greg! --Wavey :)
Ok I’m confused. When you started out, you had an inflatable dinghy, now you’re pulling a kayak, and where did the other dinghy come from that you took Wavey to the island on? Please explain. I see the inflatable under your scooter.
We deflated the inflatable and picked up a kayak. We since have given the inflatable to a buddy ans have a Portland Pudgy (coming in future episodes) we're a couple months behind in RUclips time.
Really love your channel, I live adventure through you.
I really enjoy your channel. I often don't know when you are. What I mean by that you and the other channels I watch don't often tell the date or even the month. This episode you mentioned it was Christmas. Why don't you tell us the date? Either way keep em coming. Best of luck to you and Wavey.
Hi Rick, I am trying to start doing that, there's often so much to remember to do for later. Thanks for coming along on our adventure
When you change the engine oil do you also check/change the gearbox and leg oil?
If yes could you be so kind as to show us how it's done.
That's indeed a problem buddy. You'd have to have the boat lifted out of the water to do that. We had 2k hours on the lower unit oil, it wasn't as bad as you'd think.
Thanks Buddy..for your support man!
Hey do they ever talk about Asian Carp in Superior yet? I am sure you know about the electric underwater “gates…shock therapy “ near Chicago
As far as I know, they have not made it up to Superior. I hope they never do.
@@backwatersandbackroads good to hear and me too!
Sounds like a kid trying to play a trombone going down in that lock 😝
U like your boat 😁
I like my bike ..🏍️
Mind smoothing ..and get away ...
Two best freedoms left buddy ;)
Oh, this is what I was going to say isn’t it cool how many of the states have the same names of cities or many of the cities have names in other states that are the same..I think that’s really cool.
A lot of historical names for sure;)
Damn. Now I know I'm old. I heard that lock siren and immediately thought "Air Raid!" and for a moment wondered where the nearest bunker was. Great video, Brenton. I'll admit I've been looking, looking, looking every day hoping you'd have your newest installment and -- as Mel Fisher used to say -- "Today's the day!" The drone is a great idea. I got one a couple of years ago but ended up not using it because it requires some kind of FAA license. I didn't get around to getting it before the batteries -- expensive Mantis batteries -- decided to swell up and become unchargable. Anyway, check out whether you need a license or not before you post any drone video footage and some A-hole reports you to one of the alphabet agencies. I -- like many, many others -- am really enjoying your trip on the Great Loop. You and wavy have a way of making it all very pleasant and interesting and I start feeling a little sad as each episode comes to its end. But the good news is that another installment will be along soon. Thanks again for some great videos!
Man, this makes me feel so good. Thank you for appreciating these videos. I will ask about the drone license. I pretty sure we don't need one, just can't fly in restricted places. The app won't let you fly in one. Working on ep:27 now...
New life jacket?
Where you come from…
That guy is cool!!! If you watching you cool man!
That lock master was funny 😄 Enjoyed hearing his southern accent, than started wondering what Minnesotan’s must sound like to him, lol
@@tolson5680 LOL very true!
The universe provides 🙂
That's what I've experienced....but who created the universe? That's the bigger question;)
@@backwatersandbackroads ❤️
I to procrastinate a lot as of this moment I’m 2 months behind and I’m not going anywhere and I’m not documenting my journey to no where so I guess I’m lost in space and time, and then I watch you and realize that you’re going back in time,wish I could do that but my time machine is out of order I think one of those idiots on the BJ ice cream box messed with it. Oh well great episode keep it up and one of these days your head will catch up with your posterior lol.
You’re cool man!!
This is a great comment;) Thank you
@@backwatersandbackroads we’ve got to find some humor in our destiny. Take care my friend let’s enjoy the ride.
I started with episode 1 on this adventure. I’m really enjoying the episodes. But I just realized you changed out your dingy. With the first couple times you looked out back and I saw a kayak behind you instead of your inflatable I thought it was more flash backs. then I saw the plastic dingy. I guess I must of missed something somewhere.
We've experimented with a lot of dinks. The inflatable was deflated and rolled up until I could get it off the boat. The kayaks are back up to get to shore. The Portland Pudgy came later in Florida and solved all the dink problems ;)
@@backwatersandbackroads I saw the inflatable rolled up under the scooter after I wrote the comment. Personally i would have left inflated upside down on the roof. You never know when you need something like that.
@@mikecrawford7352 I wish I had a flat roof like my buddy Chris has on his shanty
Darn good vid Brent. Noticed Wavy has a small white tip on her tail just like my 51/2 month girl. To be a real Beagle they have to have a white tip on tail.
Is that true? ;) people are always telling us how they grew up with beagles. She reminds them of their childhood
True They use it to keep track of them in the woods and grass@@backwatersandbackroads
What size is your boat and where did you get your boat hull … keep up the great videos
Hi Rick, I have a build series on our channel here. Nutshell: 30x8.6 welded Aluminum barge hull
What’s the thickness of your hull
@@rickwarner7620 I'm not exactly sure, but very thick. Made to be a work boat
@@backwatersandbackroads thank you
Great Blue Herons
Thank you ;)
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Overkill is underrated!
Good one;)
Not a wood duck, a Hooded Merganser I'm surprised that you don't recognize the different species of bird life on the river. After all the time you put in on the water.
Thanks. How is that a surprise? If I remember correctly, it was fairly far away, and yes...there's a lot of stuff like that I don't know. Tree species is another example. Do you know everything?
Do you know who manufactured your hull? I really like that it rides high up from the waterline.
Yes sit. It's a J&J in New Liberia, Lousiana. They're still in business and on FB
@@backwatersandbackroads I searched pretty hard and could not locate them, do you have a link to their FB page?
@@martinsteflik1329 let me see if I can find more information
just heard that your shanty boat is built on an aluminum barge, do you have any flotation in that?
No under floor flotation. I do have a long build series here on the channel. Probably top long! Lol
I think I missed a video. I see a new dinghy and gray kayak ... ???
Hi Karen :) we've been experimenting with dinks;) settled on a Portland Pudgy. You'll see. Soon....;) always glad to see you here
Tried to slip it passed us. I went back through to see where I missed the additions.
I live in Savannah Tennessee right on the Tennessee river cherry mansion Shiloh pickwick lake
That town has a lot of history
I feel like I missed something. What happened to the inflatable dingy?
Deflated and stored away ;)
Ole State Senator from Mississippi pushed hard to get the Tom-Tom build for years
Where did you get the kayak and what happened to the inflatable?
The inflatable is deflated and stored away (in this video) we since gVd it to another shanty boat friend. The kayak was given to us by the Tennessee shanty boat fella (he's got stuff coming out his ears) but!!! Now we have a Portland Pudgy. Coming soon in videos...
i see the kayak and another runaround boat??
That duck is a drake Hooded Merganser sir
Thank you!
Do you have a horn on your boat?
Looks like a pleasant ride down the river.
I use a horn that you blow into. It's loud! ;)
When are you going to be in the Virginia area?
We're officially on the east coast now. Heading north at 5 mph
Lock master contemplating his retirement
You got it ;)
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Where is the video of your place being boarded & searched by the gestapo
Coming soon...;)
FYI. At 7:35 on the video the duck is not a wood duck. It is a bufflehead duck.
Thank you! I need to get the guide qe have on board handy ;)
No need to rush quality over quantity.
Be nice to see a map of trip and current location
Venice Florida
Does the inside of your Hisea shoes dry very fast?
They're style seem to be that they take in water like a wet suit. Very good for walking a water line looking for shells and beach glass. I've always been too cheap to buy good shoes. This has been nice;)
I knew he had extra room for shoes! 😂
Lock bollards sounds like roy buchanan down by the river. See if anyone knows that lol
“For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.”
Romans 1:20
You got it ;)
I love that verse! It rings true. When in need the Father will always provide no matter how big or small, even peanut butter sandwiches. 😉
What's the story behind the different boats you're towing? Did I miss that story?
We started with our inflatable. Then got a kayak and deflated it. Now we have a Portland Pudgy. ;) so far, the Pudgy and a small kayak is the beagle's howl
Those locks the barges pay a fee for up keep of water way's and lock's......they use it for profit as a company[commerce] that is also why we have dmv
Hi Mary, the locks need work, a couple of them are off line right now
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Where's my island?
Which island buddy? :)
Be careful with the drone. Different states have different laws. Other people’s privacy is a big consideration. There are no fly zones in many local parks. Some states allow drones in their State Parks and some don’t. Also, if you generate any percentage of income from drone footage a part 107 pilots license is required. BIG fines involved.
Okay. Thanks. I'll look into it
Faa can eat an egg
Can I bring my beagle to the island? My beagle needs a handle. He will not let me carry him.
Absolutely;)