I am a Loop veteran and am now planning an Upper Mississippi River trip this summer. I am currently in Milwaukee and plan to be in Chicago for the 4th of July, then heading to the Mississippi. I've been south of Grafton, but not north, save for a few small boat excursions over the years from Wisconsin. I would like to be in contact with someone(s) with experience and knowledge of services, anchorages, etc. I plan to go as far as possible on the Mississippi, i.e. downtown Minneapolis and also the 15 or so miles up the Minnesota River and the St Croix to Stillwater, MN. Please email me if you are interested in sharing your knowledge. Thank you. Don (Tranquility) On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 4:42 PM, lrzeitlin@aol.com wrote: > Anyone cruising the lower Hudson River this weekend might check out > the Hudson River Festival on June 21, 22, and 23. This is a big > Woodstocklike party held at Croton Park. It was started a number of > years ago by the late singer Pete Seger and has been held annually in > several locations. If you attended Woodstock (or wanted to) it is not > to be missed. Anchoring is free in the bay north of Croton Point. Its > the best anchorage in the Hudson with 8' of water covering a hard sand > bottom. You can dinghy the short distance to the park or to the Croton > town dock. Croton has excellent restaurants and shopping. Here is the > URL: > > http://www.waterwayguide.com/waterway-updates/news/NY-GL/3867/Hudson-River-2014-Clearwater-Festival-June-21-22?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=News-and-Navigation-Blasts&utm_content=CWU-6-12-2014-final > > Larry Z > > > > _______________________________________________ > > http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com > > To modify your Great-Loop subscription options (change email address, > unsubscribe, etc.) go to: > http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/options/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com

Larry, Before we did the loop in our 36’ trawler, we did the route you are talking about in our 22’ Boston Whaler. We started and ended at Prescott and camped aboard under the cavass for our nights onboard…like tenting at anchor. We anchored or pulled up on sand spits and had a great time. This was about 8 years ago. I checked on Garmin Blue Chart, and active captain seems to have pretty good info for this area. But…a couple things… The Minnesota river was nothing but a muddy canal with some views of the Minneapolis Airport and unless you have somewhere in particular you would like to visit, you may want to skip that part of the trip. The St Croix was beautiful with good fishing, nice beaches to play on, and good restaurants. My info would be very dated, but again, it looks like active captain is up to date. A word of caution…the St Croix is a MADHOUSE on nice summer weekends. Unless you enjoy huge crowds on the water, stick to the weekdays and don’t travel after dark. Ken Allington, Auk, Manatee36 On Jun 19, 2014, at 11:19 AM, der6408@charter.net wrote: > I am a Loop veteran and am now planning an Upper Mississippi River trip this summer. I am currently in Milwaukee and plan to be in Chicago for the 4th of July, then heading to the Mississippi. I've been south of Grafton, but not north, save for a few small boat excursions over the years from Wisconsin. > > I would like to be in contact with someone(s) with experience and knowledge of services, anchorages, etc. I plan to go as far as possible on the Mississippi, i.e. downtown Minneapolis and also the 15 or so miles up the Minnesota River and the St Croix to Stillwater, MN. > > Please email me if you are interested in sharing your knowledge. > Thank you. > Don (Tranquility) > > > On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 4:42 PM, lrzeitlin@aol.com wrote: > >> Anyone cruising the lower Hudson River this weekend might check out the Hudson River Festival on June 21, 22, and 23. This is a big Woodstocklike party held at Croton Park. It was started a number of years ago by the late singer Pete Seger and has been held annually in several locations. If you attended Woodstock (or wanted to) it is not to be missed. Anchoring is free in the bay north of Croton Point. Its the best anchorage in the Hudson with 8' of water covering a hard sand bottom. You can dinghy the short distance to the park or to the Croton town dock. Croton has excellent restaurants and shopping. Here is the URL: >> http://www.waterwayguide.com/waterway-updates/news/NY-GL/3867/Hudson-River-2014-Clearwater-Festival-June-21-22?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=News-and-Navigation-Blasts&utm_content=CWU-6-12-2014-final >> >> Larry Z >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com >> >> To modify your Great-Loop subscription options (change email address, >> unsubscribe, etc.) go to: http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/options/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com > > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com > > To modify your Great-Loop subscription options (change email address, > unsubscribe, etc.) go to: http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/options/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com