Friday, October 20 - Guntersville
This is a better
view of Decatur Marina as we pulled out.
Just before noon in
Madison, AL, we saw hundreds of birds! They were amazing and we enjoyed
watching them fly around the boat.
The scenery along
Wheeler Lake is beautiful, reminds me very much of Ft. Loudon back home.
Speaking of
scenery, this is Painted Rock, in Union Grove, AL. An appropriate name,
don’t you think?
Going up
Guntersville Lock was pretty uneventful, thank goodness. Just after we
exited the lock, we passed this cave protected by a wire fence. This is a
sanctuary for the federally endangered gray bats. The number of bats
living there ranges from 20,000 to 45,000 between April and September. Thank
goodness this is October! 
Danny has a special
interest in docks on TVA lakes. When he applied for a permit to build a
dock at our lot on the Emory River, there were all kinds of restrictions about
square feet and enclosures, so he checks out the ones we past, commenting on
their illegality. Last year the number of enclosed dock houses on Lake
Guntersville struck us, because that’s illegal where we are. This year,
also on Lake Guntersville we saw these huge docks being built. Then just
up the way we saw what looked like the beginnings of a golf course, so we
figured this was some kind of development rather than just a big house.
This is looking
through a pass toward the town of Guntersville. I just thought it was a
pretty view.
We had reservations
for the night at Guntersville Marina but we couldn’t find it on the chart
plotter. The name was different, plus the dock staff didn’t have VHF
radios, but we finally made it to the gas dock, with Chrysalis pulling in
behind us. As we left the gas dock headed for our slip, the guy told us
to swing wide. We didn’t swing wide enough! Deb called on her
radio to tell us to get wider, then again to tell us to stop. Close call.
We had a wonderful
view of the lake, and a great sunset.
And another boat
name for my collection.
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