While we intend to travel up the Tennessee River to Knoxville for Thanksgiving at Bonnie's daughter's, we could not go up the Tennessee at Paducah due to the Kentucky Dam and Lock being repaired. We continued up the Ohio through two locks, Locks 53 and 52, to the Cumberland River. Here we turned in behind a tow that a few minutes later pulled to the side of the river to let us pass. (Really, he was waiting for an outbound tow that was coming down the Cumberland . . . there was not room for both in the area they would meet so this one waited.)
Met this little fellow on the Cumberland. We agreed to a "two-whistle" passage (starboard to starboard). The preferred port to port passage just would not work in this situation. Do not think a canoe could have passed port to port.
Bonnie then put us in the Barkley Lock for our first lift on the way to Knoxville.
A few miles up the Cumberland from the Barkley Lock was Green Turtle Bay Marina. Here we were among some 25-30 other loopers. Some of us were just in a row as shown here. There are lots of boats, loopers, gathering, for the get-together at Joe Wheeler State Park on the 15th.
Two nights at Green Turtle Bay . . . the five year old computer . . . died . . . and a replacement was secured from Best Buy . . . in Paducah. Green Turtle was kind enough to let us have their vehicle and we made several trips to Paducah to fill all our needs.
The canal between the Cumberland and the Tennessee Rivers, on the Cumberland it is up river from the Barkley Dam and Lock and on the Tennessee it is up river from the Kentucky Dam. Here we cross the "Land Between the Lakes" and into the Tennessee.
While we intend to travel up the Tennessee River to Knoxville for Thanksgiving at Bonnie's daughter's, we could not go up the Tennessee at Paducah due to the Kentucky Dam and Lock being repaired. We continued up the Ohio through two locks, Locks 53 and 52, to the Cumberland River. Here we turned in behind a tow that a few minutes later pulled to the side of the river to let us pass. (Really, he was waiting for an outbound tow that was coming down the Cumberland . . . there was not room for both in the area they would meet so this one waited.)
Met this little fellow on the Cumberland. We agreed to a "two-whistle" passage (starboard to starboard). The preferred port to port passage just would not work in this situation. Do not think a canoe could have passed port to port.
Bonnie then put us in the Barkley Lock for our first lift on the way to Knoxville.
A few miles up the Cumberland from the Barkley Lock was Green Turtle Bay Marina. Here we were among some 25-30 other loopers. Some of us were just in a row as shown here. There are lots of boats, loopers, gathering, for the get-together at Joe Wheeler State Park on the 15th.
Two nights at Green Turtle Bay . . . the five year old computer . . . died . . . and a replacement was secured from Best Buy . . . in Paducah. Green Turtle was kind enough to let us have their vehicle and we made several trips to Paducah to fill all our needs.
The canal between the Cumberland and the Tennessee Rivers, on the Cumberland it is up river from the Barkley Dam and Lock and on the Tennessee it is up river from the Kentucky Dam. Here we cross the "Land Between the Lakes" and into the Tennessee.
Great pic from the water as you are coming into our bay. Could I have your permission to use it?
ReplyDeleteGood luck on your adventure, come see us again sometime!
Laura K
Marketing Director
Green Turtle Bay Resort
Grand Rivers, KY