We
are so excited as our daughter, Joanna, said she would meet us with
the Grand Wonders in Chattanooga!! So we are no longer taking our
time along the TN River. This little side trip which we are thrilled
to make will take us 500 miles round trip up the Tennessee River and
off our planned navigation. The Captain has been down loading additional charts & studying them for this trip ever since we
stopped at our marina tonight.
A
foggy morning in our pretty cove.
Returning
to Kentucky Lake and the TN River.
Some
big houses along the Lake.
This
is the Ned R. McWherter Bridge. We went under US
highway 79 here.
This is the only barge we saw today and it was stopped outside of the channel.
A
cute little car ferry... as you can see the leaves are just starting
to change.
Railroad
Bridge to NO where!
An
abandoned dock in the middle of the lake.
While
I was piloting the boat I took this photo to show you how calm the
water was today.
Walter
tying on a fender (bumper) to be ready for docking for fuel.
The
Captain telling the 1st mate to get back to her duties of piloting
the boat!!!
Grass
on a sand bar?
Here
we are threading Miss gg through a maze of markers on our way to a dock.....we were told it
was very shallow outside the markers. It was so twisty that we even
lost sight of the marina one time.
This
was a planned stop as they have the cheapest diesel but we found out
about their huge overnight discount for Loopers so we decided to stay for the night.
As
we were tying up along came the motor vessel “Humbug” with
Carolyn and Peter from Rhode Island and across from us on our dock are
Gold Loopers who also just pulled in.....that means they have done
the loop already...they said it took them 10 yrs! But they also went
10,000 miles to places like all around Lake Superior and ALL the way
UP the Mississippi River!! Whew! I can't imagine all the barge
traffic for the entire length of the MS.....
We
are happy to be safe at Pebble Isle Marina near New Johnsonville, TN.
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