Danny was up to see the sunrise, I was not! We did get an early start and headed downriver on another gorgeous day! There has been very little boat traffic, It's an away weekend for the Tennesseee Vols so the Vol Navy stayed at home to watch the game. (No comment)
Our first social visit of the loop was with our wonderful OSM friend Jeff Coker. His lake house is just off the channel, so we stopped by to visit with with him and his "girls," Roxie and Kiki. We hated to miss Carla, but she was teaching a spinning class.
We locked through Watts Bar Dam and headed down the Chicamauga River. The impact of an 8 mph travel speed began to sink in as we drove on and on and on! When we brought the boat back from Chattanooga, we were cruising at a much higher speed. I couldn't understand why Danny was planning so many travel days to Joe Wheeler when we made it from Chattanooga to Knoxville in a day and a half. NOW I understand. The scenery was pretty, but not pretty enough to keep time from dragging a bit. There was so much green "slime" as we called it, that we had trouble finding a place to anchor for the night. Places that were shallow enough for us to anchor had slime. We ended up violating Danny's rule and cruising until 7:00, and even then anchored in the middle of the lake.
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