October 2021

We started our week off with a pre-dawn lock adventure.  Our next lock near Florence, AL was recently damaged.  The floating wall that guides boats into the primary lock had separated and sunk.  Oh no!  They were operating on a restricted schedule and only locking thru pleasure craft right as they open (near sunrise) and then […]

This week we continue our inland rivers explorations, headed south on the Tennessee River, which is actually a tributary of the Ohio River.  The 652-mile-long Tennessee River is formed near Knoxville, TN and flows southwest through Chattanooga, crossing into Alabama, near Huntsville, back near the Mississippi border then back into Tennessee, running north into Paducah,

As we were getting ready to depart Clarkesville (and no, it wasn’t on the last train), DeeDee (Murphy’s BFF on War  Eagle), me, and Murphy went for a walk and some ball playing.  Murphy was off leash as we headed back to the marina.  I don’t know if you can tell in the picture, but

After spending a delightfully quiet night at anchor off the Mississippi river in a side canal, the crews of Slo Pace and Betty Gail awoke to a foggy morning.  Although departure was planned at 7 a.m., Captain Dave wisely delayed our departure as we waited for the sun to peek through, dissipating the steam fog.