11/20/08 to 11/27/08 Green Turtle Bay to Clifton, Tn

Yep, we're back in Grand Rivers, Ky. We had to come back to this point to connect with the Tennessee River via a man made canal between the Cumberland and the Tennessee. while at GTB we took the courtesy car to Paducah for lunch and a trip to Wally World. Pam was looking for something to have for Thanksgiving Dinner. I thought KFC would be great but got shot down immediately. KFC is our traditional Christmas day meal at my parents and I thought.....Oh well!

Back to the boat.

We left GTB the next day and travelled a whopping 13.7 miles upstream (upstream is really South)on the Tennessee which at this point is considered as Kentucky Lake. We anchored for the next 2 nights in Duncan Bay, one of the many bays off of Kentucky Lake. While there we saw 3 fishing boats, a deer, ducks, Obama birds, and thought we heard a wolf during the night. More importantly we had the first of I'm sure many Domino tournaments. Results of tourney #1, Pam 17, Rick 250. A rematch is on the horizon!

From Duncan Bay we continued upriver anchoring again at Boswell Landing before continuing on to Pebble Isle Marina at New Johnsonville, Tn. Quimby's states that they have cable tv hookups on the transient dock which attracted us because it was finals night on Dancing With the Stars! They did have tv hook ups but via satelite, not cable. After ripping the built in entertainment center out in an unsuccessful attempt to hook up the sat receiver we gave up and watched a movie. And another thing. We have now entered into the no cell coverage area!

The folks at Pebble Isle were very friendly and provided free coffee and cinnamon rolls each morning. Again Pam insisted I take advantage of this perk!

We left Pebble Isle and travelled 62.7 miles to Clifton, Tn. and the Clifton Marina. It is here that we had Thanksgiving Dinner. A delicious meal of rice with chicken stock, applesauce, and 2 Kentucky miniature turkeys that Pam found back in Paducah. A great meal and just the right amount. I didn't even take a nap after dinner!

While travelling on Kentucky Lake we passed a small red sailboat named BIKA. It turns out the people on board are from Norway and have been trevelling on the boat since 2005. They have been down the coast of Europe to the Azores, acroos the Atlantic to Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Cuba, Bahamas, U.S. East Coast, Erie Canal, Great Lakes, & inland rivers to this point. Oh did I mention the boat is only 26' long! If you Google SV Bika you will find thier web site.

Happy Thanksgiving!! We'll call when back in cell coverage area.