We said goodbye to Jim and Linda yesterday. They are moving on down the waterway as we take a detour to the northeast to visit Chattanooga. We first met them 6 weeks and 1300 miles ago at the top of Lake Michigan and have traveled with them since Chicago. We'll miss them! The other couple (Art and Kathy) are on "Fortuity" - we first met them in Lake Michigan also and expect to run into them on our trip to Chattanooga also. They are homeless as well!
The anchorage last night was at mile marker 229.8 (the mile markers is how landmarks on the river are identified). The rock piles were remnants of the old lock and canal that ran alongside the Tennessee River before the dams were built. This canal system allowed the flow of goods along the river. Now the dams and locks do the same thing. I could watch the depth finder show the old canal as we passed over it - it was a wonderful anchorage! Again :-) We took the opportunity to kayak a bit and Steve also checked the prop since the temperature was a relatively mild 70.5 degrees. He said I wouldn't like it :-) Prop by the way was fine even though we may have crunched a branch or two on the Mississippi.
In the meantime, I spent part of the afternoon tucked away in the front cabin perusing the Life on the Rivers magazine we picked up at the last marina. As I said the anchorage was really nice - especially as the sun started down.
The plan was to travel just 3 hours to Florence, AL. Steve worked on the last part of the cabin floor he wanted to strip and refinish. Florence is a good stop! We found a Chinese restaurant so used the rental car to have lunch out. The marina restaurant is closed for the season (mmmm... is that telling us anything?!). The cliffs near the marina entrance are really something - as are the houses on the top of them!
Tomorrow: the Wheeler Lock and then we will be staying at the Joseph Wheeler State Park Marina. Wheeler was, by the way, a confederate officer in the Civil war.
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