Day 135
Friday, October 03, 2008
The shores of the river are now rocks and getting higher
This is a shot out the back of the boat as we picked up our speed to catch up with Footloose and go through the Guntersville Lock.
This hill rises 550 feet about the river
This is really cool boating.
You can tell Signal Point Marina decided not to spend a lot of money on their office area...but the folks were very friendly
8:40 AM CDT
Location: Signal Point Marina, Guntersville, AL
Weather: 63*clear, and a little windy; forecast is for sunny and 83* and light winds
Side note...(click here) to see our current location
Side note...(click here) to see our current location
I watched the debates last night and did not go to sleep until after 10...crazy. So I didn’t wake up till almost 7 this morning. It’s been a while since I woke up and it was light out. This morning we are sitting at the end, on the outside, of a long covered slip at Signal Point Marina. If you check out the picture I included of the office at this marina, I don’t really have to explain the condition of the marina. To say we were among a group of hillbilly boaters, would be an understatement.
Yesterday...at 7:30 we fired up the engines and pulled away from the dock, but before leaving the marina we stopped at the fuel dock and did a self service pump out (every place should have one of these). We quickly did this because I wanted to keep with Footloose...a boat who had just left and heading the same direction we were heading. My thought is that we would travel together to the next lock (about 14 miles up river) and be able to lock through together. I did not want to be too far behind him in case he got to the lock and they locked him through and we had to wait for the next lock. As it turned out, this was a great decision because when we got to the lock they had just let out a south bound pleasure craft...so we just pulled into the lock without any wait. Behind us just a little ways, were two pleasure craft who had to wait for the next lockage.
The river continues to be very scenic and the hills and mountains are getting more dramatic. The pictures do a reasonable job of showing this. No doubt this is some of the best boating you can have. Deep, fresh, water...beautiful scenery...and lots of marinas. The guide books are correct when they describe the beauty...and they still say the best is yet to come. Our marina is old and not the best maintained, but the folks are very friendly and very helpful. They have a washer and dryer (which Deb used yesterday, and is there as I write this) and a courtesy car which we will be using later this morning. Not the fanciest place...but not bad either.
Today...we are getting ready for friends of ours (Chuck and Holly Mory) to join us for a few days. They arrive at Chattanooga at about 1 and we think they’ll be at the boat by 3 or so. They will travel with us from here to Chattanooga (about 120 miles by river) and go home next Wednesday. Chuck is a former customer (Oscar Meyer) and a guy we hired several years ago to replace me as President of Power Logistics in Europe. Deb and I love spending time with Chuck and Holly and look forward to the next few days. Before they get here, we need to clean the boat, and go into town for groceries and replenish our supplies.
Because Chuck is an early riser, and we end up spending a lot of the early mornings talking on the back deck, I am not sure how many logs I’ll do while they are here. So it may be a couple of days before my next post.
I’ll keep you posted.
BK.
Yesterday...at 7:30 we fired up the engines and pulled away from the dock, but before leaving the marina we stopped at the fuel dock and did a self service pump out (every place should have one of these). We quickly did this because I wanted to keep with Footloose...a boat who had just left and heading the same direction we were heading. My thought is that we would travel together to the next lock (about 14 miles up river) and be able to lock through together. I did not want to be too far behind him in case he got to the lock and they locked him through and we had to wait for the next lock. As it turned out, this was a great decision because when we got to the lock they had just let out a south bound pleasure craft...so we just pulled into the lock without any wait. Behind us just a little ways, were two pleasure craft who had to wait for the next lockage.
The river continues to be very scenic and the hills and mountains are getting more dramatic. The pictures do a reasonable job of showing this. No doubt this is some of the best boating you can have. Deep, fresh, water...beautiful scenery...and lots of marinas. The guide books are correct when they describe the beauty...and they still say the best is yet to come. Our marina is old and not the best maintained, but the folks are very friendly and very helpful. They have a washer and dryer (which Deb used yesterday, and is there as I write this) and a courtesy car which we will be using later this morning. Not the fanciest place...but not bad either.
Today...we are getting ready for friends of ours (Chuck and Holly Mory) to join us for a few days. They arrive at Chattanooga at about 1 and we think they’ll be at the boat by 3 or so. They will travel with us from here to Chattanooga (about 120 miles by river) and go home next Wednesday. Chuck is a former customer (Oscar Meyer) and a guy we hired several years ago to replace me as President of Power Logistics in Europe. Deb and I love spending time with Chuck and Holly and look forward to the next few days. Before they get here, we need to clean the boat, and go into town for groceries and replenish our supplies.
Because Chuck is an early riser, and we end up spending a lot of the early mornings talking on the back deck, I am not sure how many logs I’ll do while they are here. So it may be a couple of days before my next post.
I’ll keep you posted.
BK.
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