We got a late start; 13:00, so we only went 25 miles to our anchorage. We were going to leave on Sunday so Keith was checking everything down in the engine room Saturday evening. He noticed a battery was low on water (which had never happen…
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June 14 through16, 2012, Nashville, TN
We decided to rent a car for two day and see the sights of Nashville. On Thursday we spent the day in downtown Nashville. It was a full day and lots of traffic. Our Enterprise driver said that the population of Nashville in over …
June 13, 2012, Rock Harbor Marine, Nashville, TN
Just a quick post for now. We had a short day yesterday with only 22 miles to get to our marina. We got here about 11:00. There were not very many boats here at the marina so we were lucky and got a covered slip. …
6-12-2012; Anchorage at Harpeth Island, Ashland City, TN
After staying a 3rd day at Clarksville, we went for our walk, got some ice, and were back on the river by 8:30. We had our first lock of the year at Mile 148.7-Cheatham Lock and Dam. It has floating bollards and we went up 26′. All we…
June 9 and 10, 2012; Clarksville City Dock-McGregor Park, TN Mile 125.6
On Saturday we got under way by 08:00. The river was very smooth with just a few fishing boats out and about. It seems like we see less fishing boats on the Cumberland River than we see on the Tennessee River. We got to…
June 8, 2012, Dover island Anchorage, Dover, TN
Took our time this morning and got going about 08:30. We had a fairly short day planned with only 37 miles of travel. The Cumberland River is pretty narrow in places and it bends and turns often. We met a 24 barge tow on one of the cu…
June 7, 2012; Lake Barkley State Park Anchorage
We left this morning at 07:15 and got to Green Turtle Bay by 09:20. The mechanic had us ready to go by 11:00 and we were on our way by 11:15. It was another beautiful day with wind again. Although it is just beautiful here at the park…
Sugar Bay Anchorage on the Tennessee River, Mile 35.7
Slept in and after tea and coffee we were on our way by 09:00. It was another sunny day and it was very calm in our little cove but when we got out to the river the wind picked up again. We only went about 28 miles today so we reached our a…
June 5, 2012, Fort Heiman Cove Anchorage, TN; Mile Marker 62.6
Tuesday: After our morning walk, we got every thing ready and we were on our way by 10:15.We went about 35 miles to our anchorage and got here by 14:20. It was a beautiful day but some what windy; 82 degrees. About Mile 67.0, by Paris…
June 2, 2012, Pebble Isle;
Our plans were changed a little due to the weather. Because of the rain we postponed our 2 day anchorage til next week when it looks like the weather will be nicer. Or, we may just skip our planned anchorage and start the Cumberland.Keith t…
