Thursday

9/15/2016

Very early this morning, Mike washed all the spiders off the boat.  We are learning to work on the boat before the humidity gets unbearable.  We then went into the Marina restaurant for free coffee and huge cinnamon rolls.  We were able to work on the blog at that time.  We also took a few pictures of Pebble Isle marina.  It is very large with a boat launch, 150 covered slips, transient slips, restaurant, store and trailer campground.  It is a hard working family run business.  The owners purchased a working lobster boat and haven't used it for years.  

Looking down at the fish outside Pebble Isle restaurant

Even a turtle came to snack on anything we through at them.

Elwood likes to watch the fish eat.

Notice a few bigger fish.  We saw bluegills, a few large catfish and who knows what else down there.

Pebble Isle marina owners lobster boat

Huge house boats, each with their own deck area

Overview of Pebble Isle marina

Tuesday

9/13/2016

We left Green Turtle Bay Marina, after a long 9 night stay.  We went from Barkley Lake through a short canal into Kentucky Lake.  The scenery around Kentucky Lake was beautiful.  Kentucky Lake is one of the largest man made bodies of water in the world.  It alone covers 160,000 acres and has 2,380 miles of shoreline.  Although the southern half looks more like a river, the lake is technically more than 240 miles long.

We anchored in Panther Bay, near what is called the Land between the Lakes.  It's a huge piece of land separating Barkley Lake from Kentucky Lake and has a lot of historical sights from the Civil War era.  We took the dingy to shore and checked out a small, late 1800's, family gravesite. Mike swam around the boat cleaning scum off the water line. Joell had hoped to hike a few miles on historical trails, but the humidity level just wouldn't go down.  

Wednesday

9/14/2016

We left Kentucky Lake and headed for Pebble Isle Marina on the Tennessee River.  Just needed a bit of air conditioning.  The water temperature was 83.5.  

We lost a few pictures during transfer to the laptop, so you will just have to envision the beauty of Kentucky Lake. 

Mike's handmade bridle works well for mooring balls as well as for a dingy tow

The dingy towed very nicely behind our boat

Elwood was making sure the dingy still remained attached.

Massive fender protection on the bridge keep the tows from damaging bridge supports.

This boat dock, which had a railroad leading up to it years ago, is now a rusted hunk of frame.   It was partially put under water when Kentucky Lake was created.