Chattanooga to Goosepond via anchorage

The first photo is of the jack-o-lantern contest amont our boats. The second is the food outlay for the Holloween Party. The third photo is some of the boats rafted at anchor. Just moments before this photo you could not even see these boats. Moments later the fog was gone. The fourth photo shows the boat Annie, notice the callopie pipes on top the boat. The last photo shows some of the rowing shells gathering for their competition at Chattanooga just before we got away.

We got away from Chattanooga about 9:00 am after waiting for fog to burn off the and then get fuel. It was another pretty trip with the leaves becoming more colorful each day. We anchored Saturday night in the same cove where we anchored on the way up to Joe Wheeler. Shortly after we were all anchored Annie, the boat I mentioned in yesterday’s blog, came into the cove to anchor also. They entered the cove with the calliope playing Tennessee Waltz. It was an exhilarating feeling to have that boat come in with the calliope playing. We invited them to join our group for cocktails aboard C-Life. After dinner Muriel and I dingyed over to visit with them on their boat. We really enjoyed visiting with them and learning about their boat building experience.
In the morning when I took Carlie out for her morning walk just after daylight I heard a Tom turkey gobble twice just across the cove. I do not think I have ever heard a gobble in the wild. Right after we left in the cove we came to a lock and Annie locked through with us. They played the Battle Hymn Republic and one other tune while we were in the lock. There were seven other boats in the lock and we all cheered after each song. Annie ran with us all day and said they were going on to an anchorage when we turned into the channel to the marina. When we turned around they were entering the channel also. When they got to the dock they said they had so much fun with our group that they could anchor another night and enjoy the dock part with us tonight. It is just great to meet such neat people on the water. Tonight Ron and Carol from Annie got to meet the Stouts whom we have met at looper rendezvous. The Stouts have located in Huntsville so the two will be very close to each other and can do some boating together.
Tomorrow when we leave here there will be eleven boats traveling together. This is becoming quite a caravan.