Tennessee River

Saturday, October 18, 2014

Stats:
Kentucky Lake, MM 88 to Tennessee River MM150, anchored behind Double Island, 7:15 - 5:30 (stopped for an hour at Pebble Isle Marina).

Working on his golf swing (not easy to do on a moving boat!) Yep.  He really did...and had a GREAT time doing it!

Through a very beautiful mist, we weighed anchor and putt-putted out of our little bay, continuing our trip down Kentucky Lake.  The day was mostly a travel day and uneventful, but amazingly relaxing and pleasant.  We stopped in at Pebble Isle Marina to buy fuel (the best price on the lake!).  The folks there are great.  We had heard that they sell delicious cinnamon buns so as we were getting filled up we asked.  Randy, the owner, popped into the kitchen to put some on for us!  We ended up spending an hour or so visiting with Randy and his wife and eating DELICIOUS cinnamon buns (on the house).  This is a GREAT stop with very friendly and accommodating hosts.  If you're looking for a marina in the area I would highly recommend Pebble Isle.

                                                                                     OH! You can see my aura. 

Kentucky Lake eventually narrowed down and became the Tennessee River.  We're not exactly sure where that happened but somewhere along our trip today we also crossed back into Tennessee.  Hmm... no road signs?

This is a close up shot of the area we are in right now.  There are two rivers coming offthe Ohio River (the "U" up there in the top left corner) -- The Tennessee (on the left) and theCumberland (on the right).  We took the Cumberland to Nashville and now we're working our waydown the Tennessee River.  

This is a screen shot from my iPad of all the places we've stayed so far on our trip. We're getting awfully South!!

We safely anchored behind an island just as the sun was setting, heated up some leftovers and snuggled in for a quiet night.  Tomorrow should bring us close to the end of our time on the Tennessee River.  Next we'll take a canal that joins the Tennessee and Tombigbee Rivers, appropriately named the "Tenn-Tom Canal".  We should be there by tomorrow or the next day.