Thursday, October 22, 2009

October 21, Day 130 - At anchorage on the TN River at MM 275.8

This morning it was quite cool … actually Gerry thought it was cold so he started the generator so we could have heat. It did warm up quickly however, especially after making coffee and breakfast.

We changed our reservations at Wheeler, checked e-mail and did blog stuff until it was warm enough to do chores on the boat.

After lunch, Gerry got the dinghy down and we went exploring the different inlets on the river; we took a few pictures of what we saw. We took the dinghy over to Joe Wheeler State Park to see how many looper boats were there. We counted approximately 30, but only saw one that we recognized. Many of the boats we traveled with along the way are not going to the rendezvous.

Back at the boat we did a few more chores (if you call researching small used boats on the internet a chore) and then Linda fixed dinner. Turkey enchiladas tonight. The gang on Sterling Lady had given us some smoked turkey so we put it to good use. After that we watched a movie and then off to bed.

There was smoke on the water this morning, as the air temperature was cooler than the water temperature.

A shot looking out at the river


Monk's Vineyard at anchor

Another shot of the anchorage



Exploring the river by dinghy




We saw many blue heron ... if you look close you can see one in the center of the picture


... and another one, also in the center of the picture.




Lots of interesting rock formations. Very different from what we saw in Georgian Bay and the North Channel, but nevertheless, very unique



This rock had a cave that went quite far back .... but not big enough to explore



More cave-like rocks right next to our anchorage

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