The Intrepid Crew of Tellico Lady

This is us, Brenda and Ken Bloomfield, Admiral and Captain respectively.  Brenda and I are members of the US Power Squadron in Knoxville, TN. and we take our boating seriously.  Brenda and I have taken the Power Squadron Piloting course, and I have a Merchant Marine OUPV Captains License.

We attended the America's Great Loop Cruisers Association Rendezvous held at Joe Wheeler State Park on the Joe Wheeler lake portion of the Tennessee river in Oct of 2007, but have not decided if we will this year or not.  We want be able to make the crossing from Carrabelle (FL panhandle) to Clearwater FL as soon as we possibly can.  The reason is that the weather begins to deteriorate in Dec and finding a window for a 23 hour overnight passage becomes progressively difficult, albeit not impossible.

The infectious excitement grows with every discussion with an experienced looper.  We have planned for this for about 2.5 years now, and are more determined than ever.  We learned a lot about the seasonal weather expectations around the whole loop.