Wild Adventures
and
Boating Cruise
of
Allen Finke
and
Lee Swink

Allen (Caption) and Mary Ann (Admiral) Finke on the pier at Michigan City.

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Boating Cruise and Wild Adventures

We start our boating cruise from Michigan City, to Chicago and the Chicago river, South to the Illinois River, which crosses Illinois and eventually comes out at the Mississippi near Cairo, Illinois - Then South further on the Mississippi, past St. Louis to the Ohio River. Northeast on the Ohio river until you reach Paducah, Kentucky, and then you'll enter the Tennessee Valley Authority water control system. We'll go through a series of lakes, rivers and locks and eventually enter the Tennessee river, and Pickwick Lake. From Pickwick Lake, you'll enter the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (or Tenn-Tom), eventually onto the Tombigbee River and then South on the Black River to Mobile and the Gulf of Mexico.

From Mobile Bay, we'll travel East in the Inter Coastal Waterway (ICW) to Panama City, and then cross roughly 180 miles of open water to Clearwater, Florida. From Clearwater, you'll travel via the ICW further South to Marathon Island in the keys for two months and then return to Clearwater for the balance of the winter.

From Clearwater, we intend to loop South across Lake Okeechobee, and then back North up the Eastern coast of Florida, again entering the ICW, which will travel 1250 miles along the Eastern Seaboard North past Annapolis, to Philadelphia, then East around New Jersey, finally entering the Hudson River at New York City. 

From New York City, you'll travel Northwest up the Hudson River, to the Erie Canal, to the Oswego Canal, cross Lake Ontario, and enter Canada. We'll continue West, and North through the Trent Servern Canal into Georgian Bay , and finally into Lake Huron, then cruise down along the West coast of Michigan, finally returning to home port at Michigan City, Indiana
Total miles approx. 6000     Time one Year

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Fun and Enjoyment with my granddaughters and Mary Ann.

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At Fort Myers we made our easterly turn up the River toward the Okeechobee waterway and Lake Okeechobee passing through five locks.

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North and South Carolina

The origin of many old sayings.
 "Grave Yard Shift"

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The Chesapeake
and
Delaware Bay 

While in Baltimore Allen has the opportunity to tour the last wooden sailing ship Constellation. 

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New Jersey, New York and the 
Hudson River 

It’s hard to explain the feeling one has when you see the area and think back to the television coverage of that fateful day.

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The Eire and Oswego Canals 

We arose early the next morning to catch the taxi to the Herkimer Diamond Mines. Three hours had been allotted for digging and to find our fortunes.

Boy, were we surprise!!!!

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Upon arriving at Boot Key Harbor this belief was further strengthen.

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