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Today’s journey around America’s Great Loop includes our first lock through the Great Dismal Swamp. We tell you our very honest opinion and experience going through the lock for our very first time. Our day begins in Elizabeth City, NC where Jenn attempts to get us off the dock for her very first time, which doesn’t go quite as planned. Never the less, we continue with our plans for the day as we end in our final destination, the Great Dismal Swamp Welcome Center.

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Jennifer and Elliot

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🎥 Episode 169 | Filmed on May 20, 2021
🇺🇸 America's Great Loop | Elizabeth City, North Carolina

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:39 Plan for the Day
01:51 Jenn leaves the dock
02:57 Bridge Crossing
03:19 The Story
05:42 Cruising the Pasquotank River
06:28 Dead Heads
07:25 Glassy Water
07:58 Water Depth
08:26 We’re the only ones here
09:02 Approaching South Mills Lock
10:40 Our First Lock Experience
14:40 We did it!
15:14 Cruising the Great Dismal Swamp Canal
18:03 Docking at the Welcome Center
18:41 We made it!
19:27 The Great Dismal Swamp Welcome Center
20:00 Review of the Day
20:28 It’s not all fun and games
20:33 Dinner
20:54 AGL Stats
21:09 Bloops
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Hi! We are high school sweethearts from Atlanta, Georgia who decided to take a year off to travel around the world. Together we decided to create vlogs for our journey as a fun way to remember it. On September 15, 2019, we left Atlanta with 3 bags, 2 one-way tickets, and 1 goal of traveling for a whole year. Little did we know, 6 months later we would find ourselves in a nationwide lockdown in India. After spending 5 months in India, we came back to the United States and decided to purchase a 34’ Trawler, dive head first into boat life, and kick off America’s Great Loop.
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