Thursday, October 23, 2014
Departed Bull Frog cove.
Pulling up the anchor consisted of spraying off a lot of mud and
knocking off seaweed, great holding, but messy.
We waited for Simpatico to check his engine strainers as they had
anchored deeper into the cove and green seaweed. All if fine so we are off. Nice running day. We went thru are only lock today at
Nickajack, our best lift yet. Pulled
into Hales Bar Marina, rustic. Tony, in the convenient store, was the best part
about the marina. Full service store,
Yuengling Lite, and a grill for our steaks.
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| Hales Bar Marina on Nickajack Lake |
Up and out and on our way to Chattanooga. The trip was very scenic. The” Grand Canyon of Tennessee” is very
pretty, high cliffs, trees changing colors, blue skies and whispy clouds. 12 twisty curves to pilot through on our 35
mile trip. At one interesting point, the
river was very deep, 118ft, the water was more turbulent and the tight curves
kept thing interesting. These curves
were named by the settlers; the Pan, the Skillet and the Pot. It is fun to make that last curve and run
parallel to I-24. We are just taking a
different route to Florida this year, on water rather than the one on
land. We are moored right in front of
the famous Aquarium, best place. The
AGLCA harbor host, Hal Baker met us with a friendly hand and city
information. A nice welcome.
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| Scenery in the " Tennessee Grand Canyon" |
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| Look Out Mountain coming into Chattanooga |
Ahoy to you two travelers! Enjoying your blog! So glad to read that you got some sunshine these last few days and a grill to cook out steaks! Life is good.
ReplyDeleteWe are headed to H-F tonight for dinner with McK's and to just catch up. Your photos are most excellent on your blog. Look Out Mountain area is grand by car and by water! We are heading to Naples in 3 weeks to look for a new winter home. Decided to switch coasts. Any recommendations on communities you like there you can send to me on FB message. This will be a first scouting trip to see what we can find. Still hope to connect with you in Naples area this winter. Wishing you great weather as you cruise along.
Great to hear from you again! Even cooler to see how well the trip is going. You're obviously having a great time and meeting some awesome folks. The trip to the space museum sounded great, and you told a neat story about how you got there. Things just seem to work out sometimes. And . . . great job on the work of the First Mate. Important to have a competent crew on a journey like this!
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