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This is the first real “full service” marina south of Alton, Illinois. It’s also excellent. The last night we were there, there were 36 Looper boats on the docks. The marina must have two hundred slips.
There are individual bathrooms with nice showers and a laundromat with three washers and dryers. The marina has an excellent service department, though you need to schedule work a couple weeks in advance. They have a well stocked ship’s store.
The marina is located in a large resort. The resort has a good restaurant within long walking distance. They have golf carts for rent, which are more than sufficient to go into town, which is pretty small. In town, there’s a grocery store, a coffee shop, a post office, and a large, classy restaurant called “Patti’s 1880 Settlement.” Patti’s is well known for their two inch thick pork chops, of which they sell some 40,000 per year. They will pick you up and return you if you eat dinners there. Reservations are a good idea.
After ten days or so on the river’s, GTB is a great respite and it sounded as if most Loopers stay four or five days.