Saturday, October 21 - Cumberland Plateau
The Marina office
opened at 8:00 and we were there to get the key to the loaner van -
BREAKFAST! We decided on Cracker Barrel even though it was a little
further. Alex, Deb and Gil’s grandson, was excited when the waitress said
yes, he could get chocolate pancakes even though they weren’t on the menu (and
she even brought him extra chocolate chips). I was excited because they
have a new breakfast sandwich. You would think we had forgotten our
manners - I ate Gil’s bowl of grits and he ate Danny’s bowl of gravy. The
cute waitress got us all straightened out.
This seemed to be
one house with a big rock in the yard!
Scenes along the
river.
This 1,000 foot
stack at Widow’s Creek power plant is one of the tallest structures in the
Tennessee Valley region. 
Somewhere close to
where I took this picture we passed the Cumberland Plateau. It's top is
more than 1,100 feet above the river.
I saw agricultural
fields along the north bank of the river, but Google Maps showed that land to
be an island with no bridge connecting it to land. I was a little
confused until Danny spotted the barge that the farmer used to cross the water.
We had trouble
finding a spot to anchor that had good holding. We ended up in this spot
on the back side of that same island with 4 other Loopers. And this
picture gives a better view of the Cumberland Plateau.
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