Waiting Turn Mel Price Lock On Upper Mississippi River

[@colincook7452]

That was a great informative video Captain, cleared a lot up about the loopers and the south and north Mississippi. From an appreciative Brit thankyou.

[@neillsmart213]

This kiwi agrees

[@jodyscott6098]

im a over the road truck driver and i love watching you're videos of life on the river

[@jodyscott6098]

@TheGuitar1962 I agree. Enjoy your retirement driver

[@daveoberle2305]

Morning Capt. I grew up in Granite City not too far from 27. Used to watch the barges lock in and out as a kid. Great video.

[@CurtisVizinat]

Good morning 🌄 i love to travel the canals and bayous and the Mississippi River😊 have a safe trip

[@parrotlect]

good video, as always. a lot of loopers--as long as they can reduce to an air draft of less than 21'--do intracoastal to NYC, go up the Hudson River to 10 miles north of Albany, then enter the NYS Canals to as far as Oswego NY, then into Lake Ontario. alternative, if they can reduce to less than 15' they go as far as Buffalo/Niagara River and enter Lake Erie. traveling up the Saint Lawrence is quite a ways and quite the current to buck...

[@Shoestring1956]

Nice one Cap'n Kyle. 👍☘

[@earlwaynestumpf6815]

Most loopers will tell you that the easiest trip north from Florida is taking the Intercoastal north. The only open ocean running is a short distance in the New Jersey area. Then it's up the Hudson to Albany. North of Albany you can decide to head west on the Erie Canal to the Great Lakes or keep going north to the St. Lawrence then down to the Great Lakes. then it's running thru the Great Lakes to Chicago to catch the Illinois south.

[@Johnson13210]

I guess folks ain't never heard of "Slap Ya Mamma" Cajun Seasoning!

[@Ms.Bayou4495]

I have! I live in Louisiana.

[@ren-uz2mz]

I'm in Virginia and know about Slap Ya Mama Hot Sauces!

[@Ms.Bayou4495]

@@ren-uz2mz lol

[@ofallonweather]

Good morning, Beautiful Weather in the region, I’m up between the Golden Eagle Ferry and L/D 25… working then heading down to New Madrid for the Twisted Cat Outdoors Tournament over the weekend…so I won’t be able to catch you as you head north… safe travels!

[@marktwained]

👍🏻

[@billpotmesil]

You’re just fine Captain! We wouldn’t want you any other way!

[@kyowlgal7448]

I haven’t seen any videos since this one 2 days ago. I hope everything is okay. I would love to see a video of you going through a lock one of these days. Be safe!

[@marktwained]

Work comes first. I’ll upload when I can

[@marktwained]

Lots of videos of making locks on the channel. I have over 1000 video up on KZbin. 👍🏻

[@WEHenry]

Oh, i thought pokey was about to whoop urazz again🤣🤣💥👍✌........everybody you know I'm just jokeing, take car captain😂

[@marktwained]

Don’t get me started on Pokey. Haha 👍🏻👍🏻

[@jackwhite6030]

Wasn't it the St. Lawrence Seaway (River) they go into. Btw, I had a friend who was the locks master at Calumet south branch of the Chicago river.

[@SNAFU_73]

Pretty cool content Capt! I work out at the Port of Catoosa at one of the chemical facilities. You ever get down that way maybe we'll get a chance to shake hands.....safe travels!

[@marktwained]

It’s been a while since I’ve taken barges up there, but I go past there often when catching boats from Cairo on up. I live in Moore, Oklahoma. 👍🏻

[@SNAFU_73]

​@marktwained I thought I remembered you saying you lived down that way. I live up here at Chelsea Okla....but crew chief for a long time friend of mine and his dragbike and we race down at thunder valley from time to time so we pass through your neck of the woods lol!

[@marktwained]

@SNAFU_73 I’m originally from Hobart, down in SW Oklahoma. 👍🏻👍🏻 Go Bearcats!! 😎

[@almirria6753]

Depending on where you are, you should see some decent "northern lights" late tonight & tomorrow morning And I will keep a weather eye out for you when you get close to Lock & Dam #25

[@danc8890]

I too follow a lot of loopers on KZbin. The Dismal Swamp is the waterway they use from Chesapeake Bay to Norfork. Its a definite bucket list item for me. Probably won't happen . Would love to copilot a trip and then purchase a boat for my own trip . Safe travels . Enjoying the content.

[@PeterWenzel-yn7fn]

Waving a hand from Texas

[@TonySchulte-fw3sz]

Don’t hold me too it I thought they rolled back inland through the Delaware river

[@marktwained]

Capt. Tony we are going to be stopping down here above Alton doing some rearranging of these barges for 600’ locks. Don’t worry about trying to track us down, as my ETAs have been off. You know I appreciate you either way. 👍🏻

[@PollardGeorge]

The Loop route is up the Hudson to the Erie Canal, then either to Buffalo and Lake Erie or to Oswego and Lake Ontario. The Lake Ontario route usually involves the Trent-Severn waterway in Canada and the Georgian Bay, coming into Lake Michigan at the northern end. Taking the canal to Buffalo puts you in Lake Erie, which you would take to Lake Huron via the St. Clair River and Detroit. The Trent-Severn route is the most common route.

[@accessiblecharleston]

You should start selling “Slap Ya Momma” t shirts!

[@marktwained]

I’ll get with my t-shirt folks. 👍🏻

[@metrickarma]

Just invite Cletus McFarland out to drive one of the big boats! Maybe he'll cut you a deal on his tshirt and shipping handling service 😂

[@richardbaker_0086]

I’m thinking about getting on trt. Any suggestions? How do you like it?

[@marktwained]

Do bloodwork to find out if or what you need. I do blood about once every other month to keep things optimal. Too much is not good, as too little, when it comes to that stuff.

[@joesambrano7634]

👋😎

[@mcd5082]

Saint Lawrence river to the great lakes