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. Thanks for watching! Jennifer and Elliot #greatloop #dismalswamp #newboaters 🎥 Episode 169 | Filmed on May 20, 2021 🇺🇸 America's Great Loop | Elizabeth City, North Carolina _______________________ BLOG https://schoandjo.com/blog ☝️ Read more and check out behind the scenes at the blog _______________________ AMERICA'S GREAT LOOP CRUISERS ASSOCIATION Join AGLCA for information on planning and completing your Great Loop adventure. Visit https://www.greatloop.org/ _______________________ SUNDAY SUMMARY We send out a weekly email with our travel updates 📧 - https://schoandjo.com/sundaysummary/ _______________________ SUPPORT Free and Paid ways to help support our channel 🙏 - https://schoandjo.com/say-thanks/ _______________________ GEAR From camera gear to travel, boating, and hiking must-haves, it's all here 📷 - https://schoandjo.com/gear/ _______________________ 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 _______________________ MUSIC We get all of our music from Epidemic Sound (30 day free trial here) 🎧 - https://bit.ly/sj-epidemic ________________ FRIENDS + Blog: https://www.schoandjo.com/ + Facebook: https://fb.me/schoandjo + Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/schoandjo/ + Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/schoandjo/ + Twitter: https://twitter.com/schoandjo + TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@schoandjo ________________ ABOUT US 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. The good, the bad, the ugly – and most importantly, the real and real funny. We’re not here to tell you “how it’s done.” Just how we’ve done it. And that whatever it is that’s calling you - the way you’ll do it is much more attainable than it may seem. Thank you for following us along our journey! ________________ Note — Some of these links are affiliates. We recommend stuff we love and if you like it also they might give us a small kick back. Thank you!