Saturday Nov. 1- Nov. 3, 2014 Waterfall Cove to Aqua Yacht Harbor

 

Saturday:

Come morning the wind was still blowing but I decided the romance was gone so we pulled up all three anchors and headed into Aqua Yacht Harbor marina. It was only about 4 miles around the bend so even with the waves it wasn’t a bad ride especially when we turned so there wasn’t so much fetch that the waves could really build.

The rest of the morning was spent cleaning the boat and doing routine maintenance on the engines. About midafternoon we borrowed one of the courtesy cars and headed to the Super Wal-Mart in Corinth, Alabama. It was on our way there that we stumbled upon our first Dairy Queen since we began our adventure. We are in heaven. After partaking of DQ’s heavenly delights we proceeded to Wal-Mart.

On our way back to the boat we found a Lutheran church so we will be back tomorrow morning for church. Finding a Baptist church in Alabama, Mississippi or Tennessee no problem, Lutheran not so easy.

Upon our return to the boat who should be parked behind our boat but our friends, Connie and Bill on Simpatico. Great seeing them again.

Had a low key evening on the boat and called it a day.

Sunrise at Aqua Yacht Harbor with two ducks.

 

 

Sunday:

Borrowed the courtesy pickup truck again and headed back to Corinth (20 miles) from the marina to church. It was a small church but very friendly people. One of the members recommended we take a quick trip thru old downtown Corinth to see what an old time Southern town looked like. We did a quick tour but most of the businesses were closed but we did find one local restaurant that piqued our interest, a place called Cindy’s. It offered all sorts of homemade specialties and was named after my favorite sister-in-law. Great food, great local color and ambiance, plus priced very reasonable.

This is the place to eat in Downtown Corinth, Alabama. We had 2 plates for $ 8.50 each and 2 drinks for .50 each no tax $ 18.00 total bill. Priceless!

 

We returned to the boat did some more maintenance on the boat and laundry. Connie from Simpatico stopped by and we made plans to have dinner together this evening.  Took a nice walk around the marina looking at boats and the surrounding areas.

Had a kind of progressive dinner with Bill and Connie, drinks and apps on their boat, dinner on ours. It is great getting together with them. They are leaving in the morning so we will catch them down the river somewhere.

 

Monday:

Borrowed the courtesy van again, (we are the only transient boat here so that is why we can get the car every day), to visit the Shiloh National Cemetery and Park. We started with a 45 minute film about the battle narrated by Peter Coyote. It was very moving and sad to watch the carnage that was inflicted on both sides during this Civil War. There was no winner, in my opinion, there were no bad guys killed, just too many Americans killed and wounded. There were over 20,000 casualties in the two days of fighting. The park is not to be missed if you have a chance to stop there. The Park Service does a great job of presenting the battle and maintaining the park. The drive-yourself tour is also excellent. As you stand there overlooking the fields where the battle was fought it is very eerie, just remembering that this was only 151 years ago.  Battles like this are what made our country today.

All Americans. What a shame.

 

On the way back to the boat we checked out Grand Harbor Marina another local marina that is very nice but I prefer Aqua. When we got back to the marina we found we were no longer the only transient boats there, 3 other “Looper boats” and a sailboat had docked and things were filling up.