Lat 035 00 48, long 085 36 29; Fuel 176; eng 458.36
It got very cold last night despite the fact that the day was warm. During the night you could hear dogs howling way off in the distance throughout the night. Apparently, I was told someone raises hunting dogs very close to where we anchored. In the morning we left the anchorage outside of Nickajack lock and traveled to Chattanooga. As soon as we left the anchorage we started going down a canyon. The hills on both sides of the river started rising up to a 1000 feet and covered with trees that were jsut changing colour. This continued all the way to Chxattanooga. Magnificent - something you would never see from the road. Lots of cottages and houses along the river but only a little industry. They do call this area the Tennessee River Grand Canyon. The river winds back and forth quite a bit and while the distance from our last nights anchorage was probably about 15 or 20 miles as the crow flies, it was a lot longer on the river about 55 miles.
We arrived in Chattanooga around 2:30 CDT or 3:30 EDT - we have crossed back into EDT having been on CDT since Chicago. Actually I liked CDT since all the programs we watched were an hour earlier than in Toronto. Anyways, yesterday, Brenda had the foresight to phone Marine Max in Chattanooga and make a reservation. This marina is right along the river wall just steps from downtown Chattanooga. A great spot and we are going to stay here for 4 nights. If we had not made a reservation we would have had to go through another lock and dock above the lock across the river.
Once we arrived we went up to the Tourist Information Bureau and picked up some brochures. For Laura, Alex and Lesley, there was a couple of big Civil War battles around Chattanooga and I am going to visit them. I'll bet you wish you were here!
Brenda and I went for a walk to dinner aroudn 7 and had a good dinner at a local pub.
Tomorrow we go the the Tennessee Aquarium.
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