I wrote a blog post about Wednesday yesterday, on Wednesday, and thought I published it. I KNOW I saved it, but it has disappeared. I am so frustrated. I knew this blog thing would be a steep learning curve, but thought I would be further along by now. And I haven't even started trying to add pictures.
For us, the Wednesday morning start was pretty early, about 8:30. Turns out all the boats at Midland Marina left about 7:00. That's a REALLY early start. We never caught up with them, so the locks seemed lonesome! We did pick up a buddy boat, Jaycie Lynn, in the second of the three locks, and cruised with them down to Aberdeen Dam. We spent most of the day on the canal section of the waterway. Very few houses, few boats, just like riding in a ditch. It was pretty, but an awful lot of the same scenery, and all in a straight line!
Scott, on Jaycie Lynn, our buddy boat, had heard about a free dock with electricity in a park just before the dam, so we decided to join them. We could see the park to our right, but could not see a way to get there. Remember, lots of trees and stumps in the pools on the TENN-TOM. We called the lockmaster and he assured us that boats had been in there and told us where to look for the markers. Scott led the way, after Danny declined, and we crept through the trees. The water was really shallow, but we made it without incident. Scott and Mary were ready to take our ropes, then we sat on their boat to get acquainted and indulge in some cocktails. There was no electricity, but there was a trash can. We ended the evening with a culinary masterpiece, Tuna Helper!
Correction: For dinner, Danny grilled halibut and corn on the cob and we had cole slaw. Tuna Helper is bad enough one night!
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