Embayment Little Cedar Mountain, TN Anchorage

Taken from Foreign Exchange

35 00.976N
85 35.275N
We have gone just over 3000 miles and we are still talking!



Some of the scenes along the way

Turtles sunning themselves.

Right off our boat near sunset

Out and about in Chattanooga, TN

Rock City, GA
You can see seven states from the top of Rock City, GA




Lovers Leep, Rock City, GA

Rock City, GA

Ruby Falls, TN

Marine Max, downtown Chattanooga, TN

Aquarium

Tennessee Aquarium, Chattanooga, TN
Aquarium - Butterfly house




Aquarium


Riverfront Chattanooga, TN

Jan's Birthday, Oct. 28

Tim & Jan Kraus, Full Circle

Ed and Linda

35 03.419N

85 18.536W

Trip from Hales Bar to Chattanooga, TN

Starting to see some color in the hills along the Tennessee River
Part of the TVA water storage system. Pumps water to reservoir at top of the mountain.

Turbulance in the lock. Hank and Anne had trouble keeping the boat under control. They started the loop a few weeks ago.

You can tell our boat because of the way we tie up the lines.

Halesbar Marina, Guild, TN

35 02.665N

85 32.263W

Painted Rock, so named for the colorful ediface.

Tallest stack in US, over 1,000 feet at a TVA steam and coal power plant.

Goose Pond Colony Marina, Scottsboro, AL

34 34.808N

86 04.757W

We left the marina after the fog lifted, Queen Anne's Revenge, Foreign Exchange and Shore Thing.

We got out into the river and encountered fog.

Foreign Exchange disappearing into the fog

You can just about make out Queen Anne's Revenge, in the lead then Foreign Exchange.

You could see the fog bank rolling in.

Ditto Landing Marina, Huntsville, AL

34 34.664N

86 33.559W

At the rendezvous we met several people who told us that we would be missing some of the most spectacular scenery on the rivers if we did not go to Chattanooga, TN. It means an extra almost 500 miles and everyone who had made the trip told us that it was well worth the time. So on Sat. morning we set off for Chattanooga with several other boats.

Not sure what this fisherman is doing
Queen Anne's Revenge and Foreign Exchange passing a barge on the Tennessee River
They weren't too far ahead of us.

Just another beautiful day on the River.

Joe Wheeler State Park Marina

Today was a very rainy day and we rented a van with four other couples and went to the Space Center in Huntsville, AL and, of course, had to stop at WalMart and Boater's World!

Rendezvous, Joe Wheeler, the last night

Group picture of some of the loopers! You can see looper boats in the background.

Nat, Our Turn, Andy & Mary, Good News; Bob and Charlotte, Foreign Exchange; Jim and Lisa, Kismet

Something about a full bouquet

Nat and Linda


Fred and Joan Meyers
Fred has written several books on the southern rivers
We have enjoyed The Nitty Gritty Tennessee




Ed and I; Vickie and Paul Christianson, Freedom; Jan and Tim Kraus, Full Circle
We met in Joilet on the wall. These are our Sea Ray friends. Trawler people can be friends with fast boat people, you just can't travel with them. We got to play golf with Jan and Tim today. We played hooky from the meeting and played 9 holes on the beautiful Joe Wheeler course.




Captain Roy DeLong, Ellen Langer and Nat aboard Our Turn
We have met several times so far. We first met in Little Current, Ontario, and then we met up a couple more times and then spent a week in Chicago together.

AGLCA Rendevous, Joe Wheeler, Rogersville, AL

Dinghy Races--backwards and driver blind folded
Some unnamed people never finished

Fog at the Marina

Joe Wheeler State Park Anchorage

One of those herons again.
Couldn't resist another sunset

We are heading to Joe Wheeler State Park Marina tomorrow to begin the rendezvous of loopers.

34 48.981N

87 18.905W

Villa de Tompkins, McKernen Creek, a great experience in Southern hospitality

Cameron, a very friendly neighbor who is retired and knows every free lunch in the area!
Pride and Kay Tompkins with one of their beloved cats.

A great boathouse and dock.
Some tails about cinderblocks and anchors!
Getting ready to make the jump to our boat.
The picture does not do the yard justice.

Summer kitchen with mosaic designed and completed by Kay.

34 47.722N

87 33.011W

As we were about to drop anchor in McKernen Creek (slough- pronounced slew), we got a call on the VHF from a neighbor on a sailboat offering their dock and electric! What a great stroke of luck! We had the most wonderful evening with teriffic folks. There were some trading of stories, especially how they got their sailboat from the Gulf to their house in the spring in 20 days! The property was absolutely beautiful and even prettier than the pictures. Kay designed the outdoor layout and she and her husband, Pride, did a lot of the work. The Tompkins have several cats some of which liked our boat and slept the night on it.