Heading Home

Left out of GTB early on Wed. morning with Fugitive and Harvest Moon (Ann and Jeffrey out of New York).  It was a dank and dreary day but the temp stayed above 65 degrees and we had no locks and only passed 3 tows.  We went 60 miles and had a great anchorage at Dover Island by 4pm.  This is the water with which we are familiar. The winds had picked up but the water was calm and the scenery, while not spectacular (yet) it promised to have colorful foliage in the next week or so.  The 3 boats rafted together and we had delightful conversation and docktails until dark.  Next is the Harpeth River then home—we can smell it.  Next morning we un-rafted and pulled anchor around 8am in a lite rain but at least the temp was a chilly 60 degrees.  The radio stations are out of Paris, TN, Clarksville, and a few Nashville stations come in and out.   Butch Jones is on an ad for UT football and we hear a traffic report about Granny White Pike—home.  Not so fast-----Passing barge traffic here on the Cumberland we realize that we won’t get through the Cheatham Lock until dark so we pull over at Clarksville and spend the night. 

Eclipse from our slip at GTB
 

 

Leaving GTB

 

Sun rise on our travel day
 

 

Dover Island Gang
 

 

Eagle on the Cumberland
 

 

Charlie Brown's Christmas Tree in the middle of the Cumberland
 

 

Clarksville Dock was good--left out early and saw these runners from Ft. Campbell