Thursday - September 30, 2010

lat 037 06 50 Long 088 26 00; Fuel 189 gallons, Engine Hours 397.12

We departed this beautiful little anchorage at Cumberland Towhead about 9:00.The others had left about an hour earlier, we were just slower. We moved around the Island and on to the Cumberland River., which was completely different from the Ohio - narrower, not flowing as fast and prettier landscape. It was a gorgeous sunny day for a cruise down the river so Brenda and I sat up top to soak in the view. The Cumberland at the beginning winds through Kentucky passing a lot of little towns and lots of industry. This is the beginning of civil war country and there was some action between the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers. Lots of place names reflect civil war generals. As we traveled down the river, we saw a bit more wildlife than we saw on the Mississippi or the Ohio. Lots of little birds and lots of turtles sunning themselves on the shore. There are quite a lot of stone quarries along the river. One of them looked like the oil sands wiht all sorts of loaders and big cat trucks moving the stone.

We arrived at Green Turtle Bay Marina about 12:30. GTB is a well known stop for Loopers to slow down for a few days after the trip down the Mississippi and the Ohio. It is a resort and full service marina (three swimming pools, exercise spa, restaurants etc.) We are going to stay here for a few days since I want to wash the boat, get provisions and change the oil and filters on the engine and generator. I have arranged with the marina to do that, although I could do it myself, I prefer to have people do know what they doing. So it looks like we will be here about 5 or 6 days.

Lots of boats in the marina and lots of loopers including several loopers who we met along the route but did not travel with.

We went to dinner at a restaurant called Patti's whose big claim to fame is a 2" pork chop. Brenda ordered one but ate about 1/3. Lots left over for sandwiches. Patti's is more than a restaurant though - it reminds me of Cracker Barrel but a bigger.