Oct 12
After the rain stopped last night a cold front blew in and showed itself with some clear sunny blue skies but with temperatures when we departed at 8 AM at only 45 degrees. With the isinglass all zipped up the flybridge was more than comfortable – even getting a bit warm as the day worn on and temps climbed into the lower 60’s. It does make it finally feel a bit more fall like.
Cool sunny morning with mist coming off the water
We continued our travels up the Tennessee river. A light northerly breeze just couldn’t offset the downbound current so travel again felt a little halted even running at higher rpms. The day was mostly meandering river but with an odd topography. One side of the river would be eaten away earthen banks while the other side was often a solid limestone shelf. Primarily rural woods with occasional settlements of houses built on stilts high off the water - a testament to the water levels that can be experienced historically with the spring floods.
Made it to the Pickwick dam and lock mid afternoon and then had to wait about an hour while they brought a tow down. Pretty impressive lock with a 55’ lift. Our small flotilla seemed lost in it. We'll hit a few more upriver with even higher lifts.
We finally were through by 4 PM and then made a mad dash for Aqua Harbor Marina before their 5 pm closing. We are definitely in the south - at the point where Tenn, Al, and Miss join. Low and behold our looper friends Charlie and Robin from The Lower Place greeted us at the dock and helped us tie up. This is their home port. Had a nice dinner at the on-site restaurant with them, Russ and Jax from Cat and Dogs and Larry and April from One Eye Dog.
Group dinner
Full moon rising over the water
Journey for Oct 12
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