Ep:4 The Great Loop on a Shanty Boat | "A visit to Latsch Island" | Time out of Mind

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Ep:3.5 here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oamkhn6HmLl_aassi=OvtFEhhmJ_mn7rNC

[@ambersmith6517]

We love God and like your house boat videos God bless you! I think it would bring you joy to get a musical instrument and learn how to play a joyful noise

[@backwatersandbackroads]

@ambersmith6517 welcome. Thanks for finding us. I do play the drums, and thought about building a small portable set. I wonder how the wildlife would like that:)

[@curtismarean6963]

There is so much to be found along our rivers that most folks have no idea about! To be floating down river during the fall must be amazing! Fall was always my favorite time of year. Here in the east, we built our nation along the rivers because they were the highways back then, and still in use to this day.

[@tigerphid9677]

If I had only one thing that I could do on my "bucket list", this would be high on the list. Looks like great fun.

[@LisaM563]

There is really nothing better than fall foliage & Wavey ❤

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Absolutely;) that was a beautiful time to be there

[@brandonboand]

This episode is dear to me, as I went to school in Winona MN from 1990-1993 ABSOLUTELY Beautiful area in the Bluffs over Winona ❤

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Beautiful place for sure :)

[@Lannynetz]

I am amazed at the quality of the pictures that you are taking with your phone!

[@raysboatingandadventure1277]

This is your best video's so far. On shanty build I give you an A. Comfort is my #1 priority. Fuel economy 2nd, rain who cares. Cold, just stay inside. Only downside is open water. Happy trails, thanks.

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Nailed it. There's going to be some days (or string of days) where we aren't going anywhere. Especially the east coast. This might be a Shanty Boat record in the making. ;)

[@scable-eq7bp]

Great episode Brenton, first class filming & editing.......

[@browngreen933]

I've been on that river and the way those tow barges come out of nowhere around corners, more horsepower to get out of their way is GOOD.😂

[@Lloyd-mo]

I like the green one, no wait,the red one, wait wait the blue one ooman!

[@GregoryMueller-ss2qv]

When you see the large flour mill along the river in Winona, that's where I used to a couple times a year

[@backwatersandbackroads]

I saw it. You worked there?

[@GregoryMueller-ss2qv]

I would go up there from Burlington Iowa and install and repair cab cameras and elogs in the semi trucks that hauled the flour

[@GregoryMueller-ss2qv]

I used to travel all over the United States doing that

[@oldmanthatrides3670]

The old churchs are awesome

[@backwatersandbackroads]

I'm glad you think so. I've wondered if I'm boring folks with the architecture. I love beautiful buildings.

[@oldmanthatrides3670]

Another great video

[@sharpjs1969]

LOOK AT THAT HAPPY PUPPY!!! 😄 Thank you for the videos.

[@robertlaird6746]

I'd love to do The Great Loop. What fun that would be.

[@Chiefmike76]

I normally watch on my TV so can't comment - love what you do. Been watching a long time and sharing - watch all commercials ok I let them run have watched a few of the other people you have had on but they aren't the same and most have money to do what do what they do and you are doing it on a wing and a prayer ' love both of your channel's - enjoy my friend as we all enjoy watching 👀 you and Waverly 🎉

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Thank you for all of that. I feel so blessed to have a few thousand folks showing up to join us on this trip. It keeps us company

[@RobertWilkins-j7m]

Enjoying the journey Brenton! Love the houseboat area. Best part is no yardwork!

[@lutacrew]

Just found your channel. Well done, congratulations. I’ve shared it with the Facebook pages The Great Loop, Pilgrim Trawlers activity cruising and KZbin trawler channels. I do hope our wakes cross. We are currently in Oriental NC heading south to Florida. I no longer create content on youtube. . To much work. However I do a daily update on the Pilgrim Trawler activity cruising. Good luck from M/V Sam McGee

[@chrisg6534]

That’s the way to live!

[@gregjohnson9051]

We are living vicariously through you, so Live to the extent.

[@CharlesDogworth]

I like when Brenton gets all coffeed up in the mornings sometimes and becomes a shade tree philosopher.

[@backwatersandbackroads]

I know right!? Lol. It unleashes the chatty Kathy in me.

[@JoeHann-y2s]

What an awesome way to live! Great meeting you at L&D 17. Enjoy your adventure. I will be watching.

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Hi Joe! You found us. Great! Thanks for keeping America moving. ;)

[@robertlaird6746]

I also like Brenton's choice and I think I saw a geodesic dome at the beginning.

[@lil_1443]

Thanks for sharing the journey. You have the best boat to really enjoy the views. Happy cruising

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Thanks for finding us ;) welcome

[@captainmigs1655]

Waiting for the next video! Lol Looks like your having a good time

[@Drifter.]

That really looks fun. I could live on your boat permanently it looks cozy

[@backwatersandbackroads]

It's my primary home at the time being. Lacking nothing really. A tiny home on the water

[@learningcenter4u]

I tend to suffer from blood pressure related panic attacks and your videos bring me peace and calm, thank you.

[@woodsontr]

Latch island looks interesting.

[@feviking1]

Minnesota level water in the fall is the best.

[@markmoffett6813]

This series of videos of this trip is so great. Thank you so, so much for sharing. I can't imagine anything else that you could do in this world that could be any more awesome than what you are doing . Thanks again !!!! I wonder if a folding E bike would be handy so you could put it in the dingy instead of the scooter. Thank you Mark from Maryland

[@paulb351]

Love the Fall colors God's creation is right Learned my lesson with minimum hp as well , yet another thing i agree with you about😊

[@chadsutphen9401]

Enjoying the adventure brother, thanks for bringing me along.

[@williespoonemore3392]

Nice !

[@browngreen933]

The name Winona derives from the Indian legend of Maiden Rock that you passed further upstream on the Wisconsin side.

[@themtheredudes]

You could try to set up your trolling motor as a bow thruster to help stay straight in the locks.

[@backwatersandbackroads]

I wonder if that would work.

[@jimnash526]

Enjoyed ! Thank you!!!

[@waynesaller]

My favorite is the one you are in.

[@TheCobraman45]

Make sure you have enough ventilation when you fire up those stoves !

[@GregoryMueller-ss2qv]

Hi Brenton and Wavey 😊😊

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Hi Greg! --Wavey ;)

[@sylvester2294]

I like the one with the two car garage and full basement!!

[@4U812-h1l]

I just found your channel today. Scanned the build and made it here! We lived on our Catalina 36 sailboat for 6 after retirement in 2011 and cruised the west coast of Mexico. The loop was our next target but life happens so we are caring for family in Oregon. If we don't get to old caring for old folks, we still plan on doing the loop. I love your setup and fuel consumption. If we get to go it will probably be on a small diesel trawler under 36 feet, we need the walk-around queen!! Enjoying your videos, thank you!

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Thanks for finding us. Welcome. Having a walk around would be nice. I'd go 10 feet wide if I built again

[@chrisco2004]

Love the channel! Makes me ready to get a boat and do the inside portion of the great loop at least. Looks like a blast! Keep the videos coming sir.

[@phillippmorris4109]

Hello from the quiet colorful frosty Ozarks Brenton! Another video of value! Hope your well and enjoying your day. Love the fall and all its glory! Its smart to have more power than you need. Always something! Its been a awesome ride with you and looking forward to more adventures! Tight lines and bent poles!

[@Lloyd-mo]

that islands pretty interesting.

[@philspinelli1878]

This was one of your best videos. The pace of the editing was superb. Really enjoyed it!

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Thank you for that helpful feedback;)

[@turtlefarmer08]

It was nice meeting you south of L17. My wife and I enjoyed running thru your episodes as we excitedly pointed out spots we had seen or stopped at. We brought the "Lazy Yellow Moon" down from St Paul early august, then stayed in LX (I work in that industrial area you liked so much in the Black River). Now we are headed south with you, but only moving every other week so I imagine you should stay well ahead of us from here on. Hope you are enjoying the adventure as much as we are!

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Awesome! I was hoping you'd find us. ;) that is a nice houseboat. Can you email me (no hurry. In descriptions of videos) we'll be stopping and exploring Kentucky lakes and that's when we can catch up with each other. Maybe do a Nosy Beagle Interview (people love those) --Brenton and Wavey

[@Bill.Hicks.51]

Good traffic!

[@davewellner7845]

Hey 50 miles plus a day your way behind. AND again watch out for the chain of locks

[@toddcunningham2410]

Thank you Brenton for another great video. I’ve said it before, but your videos and adventures are relaxing for me. It’s part of “my time” to just relax and put everything else going on aside for 20-30 minutes and let me enjoy the adventure with you.

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Thanks for appreciating them Todd. We'll keep making them. We have a long way to go around the loop. Was just researching the Atlantic side today. You know when I start doing research, we're getting serious;)

[@michaelnotigan7796]

Brenton, your video pacing is perfect in matching with life on the Mississippi. And every shot of Wavey brings a smile to my heart. What a good girl! You are doing exactly what I wanted to do after I retired from the CG; explore this river from the top to the bottom, at my own pace, not Uncle Sam's. Maybe one day soon. In the meantime, the voyage of you and Wavey are a fine stand-in for my dream. And I thank you for having us along in your journey. Upcoming spoiler alert: If you ever watched the movie "The Straight Story", about a man who made a long distance road trip to see his sick brother (while riding his lawn tractor to get there!), know that Alvin Straight made the crossing of the Mississippi from Iowa into Wisconsin, right at that bridge in Lansing, Iowa! All the best and as always, be safe!!!

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Really?! Lansing is coming up. Did you see where I went to the town in Iowa where it was filmed and the tractor is displayed? Last summer. "Into the driftless"

[@michaelnotigan7796]

@@backwatersandbackroads Brentom, I missed that episode but I will check it out as I absolutely love that movie. Thank you for providing that episode title! Let's see, 8:03pm eastern time so you are one hour behind; here's hoping you and Wavey are tucked up in a nice, quiet backwater slough for the evening. Do know the more you work yourself south, the more degrees of warmth you will gain! All the best to both of you!!!

[@backwatersandbackroads]

@@michaelnotigan7796 tied up to an island tonight ;) near Buffalo, Iowa. We should be in a hurry, but I can't bring myself to do it ;)

[@michaelnotigan7796]

Have a good, safe, warm night, Brenton & Wavey!@@backwatersandbackroads

[@cpwatching5647]

We are along for the ride. Thanks. We have boated and camped the river MN and WI your in. Had a beagle too. They are so sweet. Take care and safe travels.

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Thank you. Welcome! Beagles are TOO friendly. Mine would go home with anyone ;) glad you found us.

[@curtpropson8337]

Especially if food is involved.

[@backwatersandbackroads]

@@curtpropson8337 Wavey's north star!

[@IntheBlood67]

The sounds of the River slapping yer pontoons in the background are "ringing my chimes". In answer to yer question,.............I like yer Home best cause it is taking you where you want to go!

[@shootandfish2]

Excellent!!!! This pace of the video made me feel like I was right there.

[@williamhanchett5555]

Some 20 years ago we did the Loop in a PH sailboat. We also left mid October from East mid Michigan reaching Grand Haven, MI around the first of November where we caught 11 inches of snow on the decks. That was the same time Buffalo, NY received 49 inches. We made it across Lake Michigan after waiting for the 14' waves to die down. We broke ice for multiple days until we reached Kentucky Lakes. Great trip but next time I'd leave a bit earlier. Love your content.

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Always hard to leave the Northland early. Sounds like a great adventure. Q: is that you're beautiful boat in your avatar?

[@60fenwick]

Thanks!

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Thank you sir! Very helpful. ,)

[@CaptBobGT62]

Brenton Get one of those small wheeled carts used to strap a suitcase on it to carry your gas cans May only carry one but that is better than nothing. Also wheels are small so may be rough going over uneven ground. Perfect for paved areas. They are just like the ones people us in airports but minus the built in suitcase and therefore much much smaller in that it takes up less space on the boat. You could even give Wavy a ride when she gets tired!

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Looking for one of those foldable carts now ;)

[@Craig-Bohannon]

Great Video !!!!

[@danielnicholls6868]

outdoors with Den would love all those plastic barrels LOL👍👍👍

[@doingitwithnothing]

Moving right along…

[@Digger-G]

Enjoying following your journey.. Gods speed and protection..!!

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Thank you. Welcome. I'm glad you found us. We're just getting started

[@Pappajack44]

You like the industrial areas because you are and industrial kind of guy, which is a good thing.

[@hooligantimes9132]

I've known you're for real all along, but this adventure is next level for sure!

[@arlanmontgomery7830]

Wish you would make two hour episodes.

[@foodtofinancialfreedom8562]

Just in love with this content! So much to binge watch. Thank you great stuff!

[@MarkandMel]

Very cool! We just started the loop in Oct from Chicago! Safe travels!🛥🙏

[@backwatersandbackroads]

We left in Oct also. Just got to Kentucky lakes. How far are you currently?

[@MarkandMel]

Wow! Great! We will keep an eye out for you on the loop! Kentucky was the coldest spot we got through so far! Stay warm! We are going through the west side of Florida and then planning for the big bend. We want to go the slow route. Safe travels🛥👍

[@thomaskitz1185]

we loved this so much we watched it twice * :)

[@ericbritchie]

Your shanty is the best! It can be moved easily!

[@royaltar6961]

Just discovered your channel and it awesome. Who wants to binge watch the crap on the teleprogrammer when we have you. Maybe gutters that are hinged that way you can flip them up when your up against the lock walls. Continued safe travels to you and Wavy. Godspeed

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Hello! Welcome!! Oh yes...gave up on TV decades ago. YT is trying to become the new TV, but there's still some good stuff on here.

[@browngreen933]

Trempealeau means "the mountain that soaks in water."

[@stevetadlock5223]

Beagles can fly!

[@mcguireb1]

I have a favorite: The yellow and maroon near the downstream tip of the island. It's my favorite because it mine! :) The houses are actually called boathouses. A houseboat is a boat that has a house built on it, like yours. The stationary structures like those on Latsch Island were originally designed to be a house for a boat. People put garage doors on the river side and pulled their boats into the house to keep them out of the weather. At some point owners started making them into places to hangout for a weekend, to party and eventually to live in. There was a move by the US Army Corp of Engineers, the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the MN DNR to remove all the boathouses in the 1980s I think. The owners of boathouses on Latsch formed an association and eventually negotiated with several government agencies to allow them to remain. The island is actually owned by the City of Winona, a gift from an early environmentalist John Latsch. The boathouse are subject to regulations that are administered by the City. Some of the boathouses have full time year round residents. Others are lived in seasonally. Some are used occasionally throughout the year. An interesting anomaly: Part of Latsch Island and other lands that John Latsch gave to the City of Winona are actually in the State of Wisconsin. The line runs across the back channel, across the island and into the main channel upstream from mine. So, the last 6 or 8 boathouses on the downstream end of the island are technically in Wisconsin on land owned and controlled by the City of Winona, Minnesota.

[@backwatersandbackroads]

This is so cool! Thank you for finding our channel and video. Hopefully, I'll return and get to meet some of you lucky folks.

[@mcguireb1]

@backwatersandbackroads , I would love to meet you! One of the full time residents took a homemade houseboat much like yours down the Mississippi a few years ago. I think he went all the way to the Gulf via New Orleans. I did that last summer in my open bow aluminum Crestliner, camping on islands and sometimes sleeping between the seats. You are traveling in luxury. 😀

[@backwatersandbackroads]

@mcguireb1 next summer I'll come down for a visit. I'm only up the road in Brainerd. Awesome! :)

[@barneyeverhart5836]

You need a drone to capture more of that beautiful scenery

[@backwatersandbackroads]

I know right! If only someone would donate one ;)

[@danielnicholls6868]

a bow trolling motor with copilot or GPS spot lock would be nice when running solo. pricey but worth every penny

[@gretarobinson1142]

Quantum of Conscience brought me here!

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Welcome Greta! Matt is the ultimate truth teller ;) I hope you stick around. We're really good at hiding from the Notnilc here. Love the name "Greta" BTW

[@gretarobinson1142]

@@backwatersandbackroads subscribed! 😀

[@jbrat1967]

Very creative videos. I suspect that it’s a lot of work to create these things. Well done. Press on

[@elgordo6883]

Wavey is such a character!! Seems odd not having to wear PFDs in the locks. Thought that was pretty common.

[@backwatersandbackroads]

They haven't said a word. I thought that too. Maybe that's further down. Wavey has one too ;)

[@ghalston5641]

Another great video. Thanks.

[@badbobtn]

Anyone handling lines in a lock is required to wear one. With only one crew, he would be required by law to have one on. Rule 2 (v)

[@backwatersandbackroads]

@@badbobtnonly once have I been asked to wear one. Maybe take it up with the TVA?

[@badbobtn]

The rules are published in every map book. Dam 5 on the Upper Mississippi has zero to do with TVA. :) The rules are Army Corps of Engineers. But, since you mentioned it, TVA requires EVERY person on board to have on a PFD, not just the line handlers. :) They also require engines to be shut off. From their website... "In the Lock Chamber Enter the lock at no-wake speed. Tie off your boat to a floating mooring post; do not tie it to a ladder or any other fixed structure within the lock. In a crowded lock chamber, you may also be asked to tie off another boat. Engines should be shut down during the lockage, passengers should remain seated, and everyone aboard should wear a personal floatation device during the entire process."

[@christophermmadden9473]

Good evening , Brenton Imagine my surprise , stumbling into your channel . Your adventure is Exactly what i was planning for this summer. Distractions (Squirrel!!! ) got in the way , and the boat wasnt quite ship shape. I live in Winnipeg,MB and planned the short drive to float the boat at Red Wing. but had concerns, , The Shackleton ref. made me HOWL. Great presentation,

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Welcome! I love the Canadian prairies :) Saskatchewan is beautiful. I'm definitely finding our people here. Glad you found us;)

[@StephenPalmore-u7j]

Still amazes me to look at bridges from underside ...

[@donnam4260]

Enjoying your journeys 🥰🥰🥰 I’m a Mississippi native … grew up between Vicksburg n Greenville MS Never seen river houseboats …. Cool ❤. Prayers for you tonight son 🙏🏻

[@rogerroy911]

My son is a wheelman on a tug boat. The one he is on is 2250 hp enjoy your channel

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Thats incredible. Where and how to they haul enough fuel?

[@sailingyemaya9781]

8:46 o my favorite

[@SamOHalloran]

We have a beautiful fall up here in the Williamette Valley of Oregon. Come up some time.

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Absolutely. And blackberries! :)

[@bryanirwin5473]

When you pass through Lock& Dam 16, the city of Muscatine will be on your right. There is a free museum up on Second Street documenting when Muscatine was the pearl button capitol of the world. Mark Twain also spent some time there writing for the local newspaper. There are also numerous places south of the city to pull in an anchor for the night if need be.

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Thank you. I'm only a few miles from there.

[@markszawlowski867]

Hey man, I think that town's French name translates as 'quenching water'. It certainly quenched the senses - have a good one 👋

[@CarolinaGuy]

Love it,I was made for this type of boating. Wavey tickled me good when she hit land,boy was she ready to go and explore with her land legs. Safe travels Brenton!

[@Buck1954]

Having more power is better than not having enough. Nothing like going over a weir when one doesn't have enough power to escape the flood current.

[@CaptainOdark30]

Enjoying your vlog; I had a trip down the Wisconsin River and up to LaCrosse on the Mississippi River and back down again. You’re coming up on Party island with the huge slip and slide… about 7 miles south of LaCrosse. A nice cove in a man made island

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Howdy. Q: is the Wisconsin River navigable? How far up? I've thought about it. I've heard it's beautiful. Probably need to use something that one can portage?

[@CaptainOdark30]

@@backwatersandbackroads the lower 92 miles is a protected corridor. Lots of sandbars and islands up to Sauk City. Very scenic. Lots of fishing boats navigate it so there is enough water.. Tou need to be on the helm and looking for the bubbles for channel (deeper water)

[@livingthedream225]

Another great video. I'm loving the series. With you to the end.

[@tomcop668]

You can probably do away with those gutters and you could get your boat against the walls in the locks. It would've been cool if you could've did a nosey beagle interview with one of those houseboat owners on that island. Good trip so far.

[@backwatersandbackroads]

I thought about that Tom, but from what I could gather, those folks don't like to talk to the public. I'm sure over time, I could have gotten in with one of them.

[@mcguireb1]

I just posted a comment. I own one of the boathouses. Most of the owners are friendly people. Not all of them want to be out in the public. Come visit some time. I am about to start the Great Loop from Mobile AL where I bought a boat.

[@backwatersandbackroads]

@mcguireb1 wonderful! Yes, I would love to visit. When will you be in Mobile? We'll get there eventually;)

[@crazydave72k5]

Hello Brenton and Wavey! Great video. thanks for sharing your adventures. My favorite Houseboat was the octagonal barn looking one next to the red and yellow one. I am drawn to round buildings. Fair winds and following seas! David.

[@gregjohnson9051]

Look at a wind sock to keep you straight I don’t know if it would work, but worth a try. You might need one in front and one in back

[@outdoors-with-Den]

That was an awesome video, it looks like your timing is perfect so far.

[@gt2745]

Wavey’s ears in the wind ❤

[@backwatersandbackroads]

Where beagles fly ;)

[@kayakchrispy]

6,300 horsepower on those Mississippi tug boats

[@sambateman8097]

MarkTwained just did an episode on Latsch Island just a while back. Fascinating community!

[@backwatersandbackroads]

I'll look it up. Cool! Maybe I'll meet him. Maybe someone can alert him in his comments about our channel

[@brettdwigans2758]

If you had a remote controlled trolling motor you could mount it in the front and use it kinda like a bow thruster and between the two you could keep it straight

[@backwatersandbackroads]

That would be a good idea. I need a drone too ;)

[@GJCAMPING]

Pretty cool seeing that house boat village. And the intro with the train in the back ground was awesome great eye with the camera buddy another good one.catch ya on the next one✌️from lil g and I 👍👍

[@davewellner7845]

You should be in Kentucky lake 1st October. Mid October at least.

[@duanerogers1166]

Just an idea if it was me I'd try to find 4 12v trolling motors and mount them on all four corners of your boat plumb them into a battery system possibly solar charged with the controllers mounted in where you could control them that way when you are traveling through the docks you can keep your boat in the direction you want it to stay by running the trolling motors

[@karaDee2363]

Another great video, and so well done . I like the houseboat Island, some of those are pretty interesting looking. And Autumn has always been my favorite time of year. Unfortunately it's such a short season here in New England I totally agree with you how about the horsepower of the motor, since it's always better to have more than enough power than not enough .. I'm wondering if some of them local fishermen don't like the houseboats because those people can't be taxed like they would if they owned a home ?

[@janeysiegrist5061]

That looks like home.. the big muddy.. i miss it sometimes.. don't forget to let me know when you hit fort madison and keokuk

[@janeysiegrist5061]

P.s. the one @8:41 and 9:14 are my favorites