Green Turtle Bay KY to Grand Harbour Marina MS - Oct 9, 2016

Oct 6th – I apologize for sounding like a broken record but it was a hot and sunny day today.  We left Green Turtle Bay Kentucky and ran for 73 miles on the Tennessee River to Pebble Isle Marina in Tennessee.  The boat ran great … knock on wood … and we enjoyed the beautiful scenery along the Tennessee river.  The Pebble Isle marina is known for its cheap fuel and they give you free cinnamon rolls and coffee in the morning … yum!  We went for a walk to Johnsonville State Historic Park which served as a supply depot during the civil war.  Afterwards we met a few new loopers here plus we got a call from the Loopers we left a few days ago asking where we were and they said they missed us … and we miss them too!  You meet many amazing people on the Loop!

Oct 7^th – Can you guess how I’m going to start this post … you’re right … It was a hot and sunny day.  We are trying to catch up with our new boater friends that we left when we encountered our motor mount issue thus we traveled 111 miles today from Pebble Isle Marina to Pickwick Lake in Tennessee.  We’ll meet up with the others tomorrow at Grand Harbor Marina which will be a short run.  As I mentioned before, the Tennessee River is beautiful and we ran at 19 mph most of the way … the engines definitely got a workout today!  We went through one lock today … the Pickwick Lock, which was great since we entered the lock immediately upon arrival.  Once we exited the lock we went another ½ mile to the anchorage … and guess what … there’s free wifi since we’re anchored beside a State Park.  This wifi is better than most of the marinas’ wifi we’ve seen thus Maria is very happy ;)  The days are getting shorter since it gets dark at about 6:30pm these days, however it still feels very much like summer.  I can’t believe it’s Thanksgiving in Canada this weekend! 

Oct 8^th – It was a sunny, warm and windy day.  It got very windy in the Pickwick Lake anchorage last night and we slept with one eye open to ensure we didn’t let go.  In the morning we traveled to Grand Harbor Marina on Pickwick Lake in Mississippi.  When we arrived they assigned us a slip that was too narrow for us thus they put us at the gas dock until they could find us an alternate slip.  We attended a party for a Looper that crossed their wake which was well attended by many other Loopers.  The party started at Noon and went into the night …. Exxxcellent!  We also caught up with our boating buddies that we left when we ran into our motor mount issue.  They were impressed with how quickly we were able to get our issue resolved and catch up with them.   

Oct 9^th – It was another sunny, warm and windy day.  We plan to stay in Grand Harbor Marina for a few more days since we are a little ahead of schedule and we’re having a blast.  I did a couple of jobs on the boat and then helped Brian install a light on his flybridge.  We then went to the pool to relax and I dared Brian to go down the kiddy slide at the pool.  Of course I would have to do it too if he accepted the dare … and he did … and I did.  We then had a pot luck dinner with 4 other loopers … oh my gosh … there’s always so much food and it reminds me of our Georgian Bay boat trips with all of our Lake Simcoe friends.  By the way, I’d like to wish all of my Canadian friends and family a Happy Thanksgiving!  Hopefully everyone got their fill of turkey and all the fixings!

Aqua-Fennatic being hauled out for repairs

A situation where I agree that Women are right!

Pebble Isle Marina put up a new Canadian flag while we were there

Johnsonville State Historic Park barracks for soldiers

View from Johnsonville State Park

The Tennessee River

Rock City - the girls were afraid to cross since Brian & I were bouncing on the bridge

Rock City

Celebration for a Looper that crossed his wake

Mike & Lois in the middle of this group are the Gold Loopers that crossed their wake

Me going down the kiddy slide