We need to be at Joe Wheeler State Park in Rogersville, AL for the Great Loop Rendezvous Sunday. Well, we got there today! Danny included extra days in his trip planning just in case, so now we have a few days to fill. We had heard good things about the marina in Florence, so decided to cruise down there and take in the sites and do laundry.
We locked through Wheeler Dam into Wilson Lake, then 15 miles later through Wilson Dam into Pickwick Lake. Wilson Lake seemed so short compared to the lakes we have traveled through so far on our trip. Wilson Dam predates TVA and is the oldest dam in the system, and the slowest it seemed to us. We exited the lock into a canal made to bypass Muscle Shoals. Muscle Shoals is a rocky outcrop in the river that prevented navigation on the river until construction of the dam and canal.
Florence Harbor Marina was just below the dam. The lock master was waiting for us as we pulled in and helped us pump out, then directed us into a covered slip. Uptown! There were several other looper boats, and the marina office has a Looper Board to post boat cards and put a corresponding number on the map to show your home port. We are the first ones from Knoxville. We signed out the marina courtesy car and went in search of beer! Danny says driving and traffic on land seem awful compared to "driving" on the river. We had a nice, quiet evening sitting outside reading and catching up on Internet stuff. It's the first night we have had internet service.
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