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Knoxville, the home of the “Vols”, was our final destination for this side trip on the Tennessee River. Just as we entered the city proper, there was Neyland Stadium, home of the Vols. Just down the river a bit, we found a free dock right in front of Calhouns Restaurant (a local favorite). We enjoyedContinue reading “Knoxville”

Leaving Chattanooga we continued our journey up the Tennessee River with the end destination being Knoxville. Chattanooga is on mm 463.5, Knoxville is on mm 648 so about 184.5 miles at 8mph. We left Chattanooga 2 days early due to a rowing competition on the weekend which closed the river to all river traffic. NotContinue reading “A Side Trip on our Side Trip”

(As of November 4) July 23, 2022 – The Date we started. 2 Train bridges we have had to call and have lifted so we could pass. 3 Most locks in one day 5 Rivers Traveled – Illinois, Mississippi, Ohio, Cumberland, Tennessee 6 Nights we have spent at anchor. 12.25 Hours – Longest Travel dayContinue reading “By the Numbers”

Chattanooga: Today was the day we would arrive in Chattanooga. When we woke up fog blanketed the river. After our last travel in the fog we decided to wait until the fog cleared. After about an hour, we headed up river. The Fall colors were so rich in color, but the pictures just don’t showContinue reading “Chattanooga”

Moving upstream on the Tennessee: From Ditto Landing (Huntsville) we motored up to Guntersville after locking thru Guntersville Lock & Dam (40 foot lift). Guntersville City Free dock was just a few miles from the Lock. The city of Guntersville has done a nice job improving the waterfront with floating docks and restaurants to lureContinue reading “South, then back North”

Clifton, leaving in Frost and Fog–This morning there are 4 boats leaving from this small marina. There was frost on the boat and the fog was light (or so we thought). We stuck our bow into the river and into the fog. I wanted to return to the marina, but Tim decided to continue atContinue reading “Civil War to Space”

Clarksville–After the crowds and noise of Nashville, it was good to be back in quiet town of Clarksville for 2 nights. We biked into town so Tim could get his hair cut. Tim rode his bike many miles to find a Barber for a hair cut while I “biked” around town. I wrote “biked” becauseContinue reading “Crowds to Solitude”

We left our beautiful anchorage in Dover…destination Clarksville Marina. The boat Calypso (the talented trumpet player) and Amy Marie also joined us at this marina. Amy Marie was part of our first tug group. Enjoyed a good meal at the restaurant overlooking the marina with Beth & Mike (Amy Marie). Early to bed as weContinue reading “There and back again”

I was so looking forward to being able to tie up to a dock in Paducah after 2 anchorages. We were traveling with our merry band of tugs and friends (3 Ranger tugs, Lord Nelson Tug and our Nordic Tug). What a great group of people. Anyway, the 5 of us finally arrived at PaducahContinue reading “Paducah to “The Land Between””

Thursday we began the long trek to Paducah, KY. Between Alton Marina and Paducah there are only two places to tie up for the night and its a long haul and not one I was looking forward to. We started traveling this part of the adventure with 3 Ranger Tugs and a Lord Nelson VictoryContinue reading “203 Miles on the Mississippi, plus the Ohio river”