lat 045 34 80 long 086 04 76; fuel 142 gallonds, eng 472.30
Left Goose Pond about 9:30 after filling the water tank and washing the boat down. over night all these bugs gathered on the boat and seeming laid eggs in little sacks that stuck to the boat. I had to scrub them off with a brush since they were glued on. Anyway, I did get most of them and before we leave Aqua Marina the boat will be washed thoroughly.
Today we had a nice cruise along the Tennessee River to Ditto Marina. This is one beautiful river from the Ohio down to Chattanooga and I am sure it is even more beautiful as you go further up to Knoxville. Current carries us pretty quickly and we arrived at Ditto around 2:30. There were already a lot of Loopers here waiting to get into Joe Wheeler Park. Today we decided to go directly to Aqua Marina and rent a car to go to the rendevous. We booked a cabin in the park and while it will be more expensive, this works better since we can get back to Aqua in 2 hours whereasby boat could take 10 hours. This allows us to get back to Aqua on Thursday morning, and get ready for our flight home on Friday.
There was a birthday party held after we all docked. The skipper of Gypsea turned 80 years young. Amazing! Of course he has been a sailor all his life and that probably kept him young.
It looks like we will be staying at Treasure Island for the winter. Brenda has found a yacht club that wants Loopers to stay. It is about 1 mile to the beach and about 2 miles from the place we usually go to each winter. More on this when Brenda arranges the details.
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