Decatur to Goose Pond via Guntersville

The first photo is the channel leading into Goose Pond Marina, those are all lilly pads. The second is the 5:00 "meeting" at Guntersville, seven boats represented. The third photo is the seven boats at the free dock. The fourth photo is the gray bat caves in the bluffs along the river. The last photo is just a pretty bluff along the Tennessee River.

Well, I am going from not blogging to frequent blogging. We just happen to be in a marina tonight which has wifi. We are at Goose Pond Marina, Al. It is in a goose pond!, way off the channel of the Tennessee River through a narrow winding but well marked channel. The way in is all surrounded with lily pads and the marina is surrounded by lilly pads. We spent last night at Guntersville, Al at a free dock. Carlie and I walked around town last night and Muriel and several others from some of the other boats walked around this morning before we left. We were one of seven boats who left Joe Wheeler together but two of the boats had to go into a marina this morning for repairs. One had a bad bearing on his drive shaft and the other must have hit a submerged object this morning right at the wall where we spent the night. Hate that for them both. We had a long day yesterday, 8:30 to 4:30, but a short day today, only 26 miles and no locks. So we arrived at Goose Pond before noon and borrowed a couple of cars and went into town for a hamburgers and a visit to the unclaimed baggage store and of course, WalMart. It was windy last night and all day today, gusts to over 30 miles per hour. Luckily, on the river, the wind never gets enough fetch on your beam to be much of a factor except for heeling the boat. It is cold here, in the 40's tonight and into the low 30's by Wednesday night. Our heat pumps work very well.