Chapter 2…Kentucky Lake/Tennessee River
Friday, September 28th, we left one of our
favorite marinas, Green Turtle Bay (which is on Barkley Lake) and crossed over
on a narrow passage way to Kentucky Lake/Tennessee River. The land between
these two large bodies of water is called “The Land Between the Lakes” and is a
National Park. Kentucky Lake is a beautiful and peaceful place to anchor and
has 160,000 coves and beaches. It is one of the world’s largest manmade lakes
with over 2,400 miles of shoreline. Once you arrive on this lake, our cruising
guide cautions boaters to beware of fishing traps and small boats with diving
flags flying. They are harvesting mussels, diving down to pick them from the
bottom of the lake. The meat is used for bait and the shells exported to Japan
where they are used for pearl production and jewelry. We have not noticed any
boats with flags today, probably because it is RAINING! We have been so lucky
on our trip to have very few rainy days, so we will just have to keep on our
rain gear and smile! J
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Health Club and the Jade Spa
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Pedicure time at the spa
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Even the entrance is decorated for Fall
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More decorations...they are in the spirit!
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Yesterday was our last day at Green Turtle, so
we made the most of all its fine facilities.
After we had returned from Nashville, they had decorated for fall. Pumpkins, cornstalks, bales of straw and mums
could be seen everywhere! Now the ladies
reading this blog might understand my excitement when I found out that the
Health Club and Spa on sight had pedicures. My poor little tootsies were a bit
ragged and worn after all of my sailing duties.
AHHHH, it was wonderful. Not
something I had expected in a marina. I
have, also, mentioned the Loopers before in my blog. Well, overnight about 8 – 10 new boats had
come into the marina. It is always fun
to visit and find out where they are coming from and a little bit about their
adventures on the rivers. We met one
couple who were from just South of Houston, TX and are just about to finish the
Loop. They, of course, knew all about
Corpus Christi, so we had a lot to talk about.
Last night, we made our final reservation for dinner at our FAVORITE
restaurant Patti’s 1880 Settlement. It
lived up to our past meals and we once again had one of their fabulous
desserts. Bill keeps telling us we are a
“bad influence”. I always respond by
saying, “Didn’t your Mom tell you to be an engine not a caboose?” Several of our friends have sent messages to
us regarding THEIR stay at Kentucky Lake and Green Turtle Bay Resort and their
fond memories. Our friend Donna
mentioned the Indian in the bathtub???? Well,
last night we found him at Patti’s, so the picture we are posting is especially
for Donna! He’s still there J.
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Donna, we found the Indian in the bathtub
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Bill is ready to enjoy the flowerpot bread. He looks unhappy, because we made him wait to eat so we could take this photo.
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I have REALLY enjoyed my blogging time today,
since I am down below where it is DRY.
Hopefully by noon time, we will have passed this line of rain showers
and see a bit of the sun. Today is not a
picture taking kind of day so far. So,
from the sailing vessel Kathryn we say “so long until next time”.
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Steve & Bill leaving Green Turtle Bay in the rain... Some days it just rains
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Who is the grump? Nancy or Steve... You decide.. Nobody likes the rain
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