The day of our departure from Chattanooga starts out with us being fogged in...we wait a couple of hours and are able to get underway.
Looking back at the Chickamauga Lock after departing Chattanooga.
Just a few miles up the river we pass the Sequoyah Nuclear Power Plant which has a special ice unit to divert steam should there ever be a leak from the plant.
Overnight we stayed at the Shady Grove Marina at Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee. Charlie pulled out his fly rod and caught some nice fish ... he let them return to the river for another day.
The Bellefonte Nuclear Power Plant was begun in 1974. Four reactors were proposed and over the past 40 years billions have been spent on this plant ... that has never produced any electricity! The staff of over 540 was reduced in 2013 to 140 ... it is now recommended that private funds should finish the project.
Just a little further up the river the come to the Watts Bar Nuclear Power Plant that over the years has taken some of the equipment from the Bellefonte Plant. Maybe a savings.
The Watts Bar Lock.
Fort Loudoun Lock is the last one we must travel through on the way to Knoxville. When we left the marina at Fort Loudoun we passed many beautiful homes along the river.
Knoxville, the home of the Vols.
The Knoxville skyline ... we docked at the Volunteer Landing Marina and are ready for almost two weeks here in Knoxville! It will be a great stay!
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