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Houseboat- just looking for a lot???

Just out for a little roughing it!!!

Adventure and friends!

Well here we are at Paris Landing State Park Marina on the Tennessee River. Bye, Bye Cumberland River. We had a great time at Green Turtle Bay Marina in Grand Rivers, KY. If you can not have a good time there you must be dead. They have condos, a health spa, boat rentals, golf and a great little town. We went to the playhouse twice and saw Smoke on the Mountain and a Varity show. The same cast did both productions. They were both good but the Varity show was better. The Varity show had music from the 60’s, Motown, disco, gospel, and more. We, also, ate at Patti’s twice. Both meals were great. When we left home we were sure we would lose weight on the boat trip. Wrong. We have eaten our way across the south. Tonight is a buffet at the park lodge with, roast beef, catfish, pork loin and fried chicken with dressing, vegetables, salad bar, rolls, hushpuppies, assorted desserts and ice cream. All you can eat $8.95. No weight loss tonight. The weather has been great in the 70’s during the day and upper 40’s at night with no rain. Leaves are starting to become orange and red however; there is still a lot of green. Green Turtle is the land of big boats and I mean big like hotels. We have a few pictures.  Jo Ann had a good football weekend Alabama won. Tennessee took the week off to rest up for the game this Saturday. Tomorrow we go to Pebble Isle Marina and then to Clifton City Marina, TN. Our Friday and Saturday stop will be at Aqua Marina in Iuka, MS for the game of the year Tennessee vs. Alabama. One of us will be a winner or a loser. 

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Leaves changing- coming in to Prizer marina

Pelicans on the Cumberland River going south

Campground by Prizer Marina

We are now at Prizer Point Marina and Resort at Cadiz, KY. It has a KOA campground as part of the marina. There are swimming pools, miniature golf, and other activities. We have been here since Thursday Oct 7 so we could see football (not a good day) and it is cheaper to stay here than our next marina. We plan to leave Wed. Oct 13 for Green Turtle Bay Marina at Grand Rivers, KY. We have reservations at the Bagdett Playhouse to see Smokey on the Mountain Homecoming- Friday and a Variety! Music, Memories & More- Saturday. We do hope the shows are good. Green Turtle is a resort with restaurants, condos, golf, health club, indoor pool and more. Things are going great. The leaves are changing; Canadian Geese and White Pelicans are everywhere. Coming to Prizer we saw over 1000 Pelicans in the river migrating south. The groups looked like large islands of white. We usually have 3or 4 in our canal each year but not a 1000. The geese go by honking; you may not see them but you can sure hear them. What great sights and sounds.

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Poston Block- 1841- note furniture and undertaking- you could get both. 

Customs house and Museum built 1898

Montgomery County Courthouse built 1878 &1900 after fire

Black Horse Pub -- 1996

Roxy Theatre 1912

We have had a great day in Clarksville, TN. Got up slow and had breakfast and then walked over to Black Horse Pub for lunch. They make their own beer. We had a great lunch. After lunch we went on a walking tour of the city. Clarksville, TN is a city with many old and unique buildings and is located on hills overlooking the river. What a workout we had- up and down – up and down. We also, found a live theatre (Roxy Regional Theatre) with a new production each month. As happens many times they had just finished one play and will not start another until after we leave. Looks like a great place to go. Tomorrow we leave for the Prizer Point Marina and Resort at Cadiz, KY (mm 55.0). We are planning to stay there a few days and then move to Green Turtle Bay at Grand Rivers, KY (mm 31.7). Green Turtle is where Patti’s 1880’s Restaurant and a Variety Playhouse are located and we plan to attend.  Of course each marina we stay at on the weekend must be able to show the Alabama and Tennessee games. It is part of cruise planning.

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Cousin Richard

Cousin Teresa

Cousins Jim, Will, Richard, Carl

We have left Nashville at 09:35 am and expect to be home in November. It depends on our stops and how long we stay. We are now at Rock Harbor Marina on the west side of Nashville. Tomorrow we will be going to Clarksville, TN and staying 2 nights. The temperature has really changed. Coming to Nashville we were completely soaked in our t-shirts. However, today our shirts were dry and temperature was in the 70’s. What a wonderful change. Tonight we are looking for frost in Nashville and Clarksville will be going down to freezing. The leaves are starting to change. We can see a difference from when we came up. We want to thank our cousins for a wonderful time in Nashville and helping with our trip. The food, fellowship, and hospitality were great. We do hope each of them will come and visit us so we can try and be as gracious to them as they were to us. The Castle family (Richard and Cathy) housed, fed, and transported us for many days. The Galbreath family (Teresa and Jim) made us great boating baskets which had everything you could think of from snacks to writing materials to beauty/health items and also provided dinner. Cousin Bill Bryant took us to dinner and on our weekly Wal-Mart run. Thanks to each of you for making our trip very special. We are looking forward to our trip home. We will stopping in Grand River, KY for a play and variety show and of course Patti’s Restaurant, Clarksville, TN for a city tour, Columbus, MS for a city tour and our camera which we left in their car. Also, we will be stopping at the fresh water pearl dealer at Birdsong Marina in TN.  It was a little windy today but Adventure did not care. It was a great trip.

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Cousin Bill Bryant and Gretchen

Creekwood Marina-- Hendersonville, TN

Well here is a little catch up.  We are currently in Hendersonville, TN, at the Creekwood Marina about 15 miles north of Nashville. We visited my cousin Bill Bryant who lives about a block from the Gallatin Marina in Gallatin, TN for two days. Gallatin Marina channel is hard to find and easy to get  into 2 feet of water quickly. We made it. We had dinner at the Cherokee Marina Steakhouse next door to Reba’s house and farm. We were disappointed she did not have dinner with us! Also, went to a great Chinese Buffet, saw Alabama win and Tennessee skate by. We had a great visit with him. We have been in the Nashville area now since Sept 18. We have visited with cousins, eaten out, had oil changed in motor at Boathouse Marine, motored on Old Hickory Lake- get out of channel and you will run aground, watched football and generally just hung out, read books and napped. Having lived in Nashville most of my live we have not gone downtown and visited. Tonight is the grand reopening of the Grand Old Opry in the Opry House after the spring flood. The city of Nashville is all excited. Last night we had a Dominos pizza delivered and tonight we will be eating at Steamboat Bill’s which is just across from the marina. We have a TV tuner for our computer so we are not TVless. The temperature now is now 67 and going down to 49. We are staying warm. We are planning to start back to Gulf Breeze on October 4th or 5th and arrive back home between November 5- 15. We are currently working on our new float plans which will have new and different stops but same rivers and locks (16) coming home.

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Part of Fort Nashboro on river in Nashville

Nashville Skyline

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Yesterday, I talked about the people walking/jogging by who had on the proper walking/jogging outfits and the other who did not. After great reflection, I realized that the people in outfits were young, slender, and good looking. I need to get an outfit! It must be the outfit that causes this. Tonight (9-17-10), we are in the city limits of Nashville and only 48 miles and one last lock from our last stop on our trip to Nashville.  Today, we have arrived in Hendersonville, TN (Old Hickory Lake) and are docked at the Creekwood Marina which is about 20 miles from Nashville. We had a great dinner with ice cream and will be spending some nights with our cousins on dry land. It has been a wonderful trip. Over the next weeks we will be doing some tourist things around Nashville, getting some engine maintenance, and planning our trip home to see maximum fall leaves. 

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Tugs at work

Walking on water

Park Activities

Tonight (9-15-10) we are in Clarksville, TN docked at their free dock (McGregor Park) with electricity. It is a great deal. We had to call for permission to stay. Today we hit a log. I was daydreaming and bang. We were blessed it only knocked a piece out of our anti-cavitation plate. Engine and prop are o.k. It was just a learning experience. There is a little vibration in steering wheel but not engine. We also found out how to run aground but not hard aground. We are now experienced in that. We did not study the charts good and went out of the marked channel instead of stopping and checking to see where the channel went. It was just another learning experience. God made both experiences just little experiences not major problems. The weather for Thursday is calling for 10-15 k winds with gust to 25 knots with thunderstorms. We have not been on Cheatham Lake before so do not know what to expect. We may stay here in Clarksville one more night. Friday weather is calling for calm winds. We stayed in Clarksville today (9-16-10). The weather was not as bad as predicted. Oh well it is better safe than sorry. Last night I had a new sandwich. It was called a club sandwich which we had at a very local restaurant just across from the river. The club came with spam, bacon, cheese, tomato and lettuce. It was good but different. Today, we spent the day watching the river and reading and of course lots of naps. We watched barges, boats, sticks, tires, trash and bottles float by and saw tourist, walkers of all ages, joggers, dog walkers and fishermen walked by. Some of the people stopped to talk to us and others just looked. We watched as 2 tugs work all day to move 6 barges of sand and take off 9 empty ones. Saw a man come down for a smoke and try to walk on water. Also, saw several fishermen catch nothing. Walkers and joggers either had the proper uniform for their activity (tight shorts and halter top- matching) or just whatever they had to wear (T-shirt and short of many types). Dog walkers usually had 2 dogs. Some of the really small dogs we could not see from the boat so it looked like the people were walking their leash. Tomorrow we move to West Nashville to Rock Harbor Marina. Also, we complete our next to last lock and dam (Cheatham Dam) before Nashville. Next day we lock at Old Hickory Lake Dam and stay at Drakes Creek Marina in Hendersonville, Tennessee.