Monday, October 10, 2011

End of week 2 and on to week 3 (days 13,14 &15)

We stayed at Green Turtle Marina for 2 nights and had a great time! We attended the parade, had some fair food, and rented a golf cart to explore the area. It's a town of 350 people but between Paddies (the restaurant that is also a mini put golf, many different little shops, a theatre, and half the land in town) and the Green Turtle Marina, they have people coming from all over the states. Quite an accomplishment for a small town! We had a couple of great meals and experienced dry county living. The restaurants have lockers for the locals to store their alcohol so they can have it on hand when they have dinner and it looked like a library with ladders and lockers from floor to ceiling. When you check in they take your bottle, put your name on it and deliver it to your table when you ask for it! After having everything cleaned and fridge restocked we left for the next adventure. We traveled thru Kentucky Lake, which is part of the the Tennessee River. Kentucky lake is almost 200 miles long and average depth of 70-80 feet. We anchored out by New Concorde, Kentucky. We had Kentucky on one side of the river and Tennessee on the other. What a beautiful ride this has been and our anchor spot was remote, calm, and peaceful. We had a great meal on the grill, with our new boat friends. I guess it's time we give them names! I hate to mention names without permission so I asked last night! They said "yes" but we have decided to use pseudo names! So we will call him Collar (his collars are always needing adjusting) and we will call her Airforce Annie (she was in the Scottish Air Force)though she would prefer "She Captain" (she has her license). We took the dinghy's out for a cocktail ride and again for a midnight moonlight ride. Such a peaceful night! This morning we started our 3rd week! It seems like we have been gone for a very long time but at the same time, it feels like we just started this journey! I can't imagine better travel companions. We have known each other for 28 years and have been great friends thru all those years and know each other well enough to deal with our unique quirks! We have had our moments, but when it's done we move forward and enjoy each other and whatever the day may bring! Tomorrow I will tell you about a few of the people we have met along the way but for now we are at our next destination and we need to settle in for the night! Back tomorrow!

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