Week2 days 4&5

Well because we are posting means...WE MADE IT! We got thru what was our biggest challenge so far. We had a lot of barge traffic. And they were big barges! Listening to barge Captains on the radio is always a chuckle! They ALL have VERY deep southern accents and speak in their own language and extremely hard to understand! Kind of like being stuck in a McDonalds drive thru! Which reminds me we are all excited to have our next McDonalds meal! We have been on new lock and dams and have now been in one that we had the rope and went up instead of being on the drop side. We also were in a 57 foot lock and it was errie being "swallowed up" by the walls and doors and after a fast elevation being spit out at the top of the dam! We ended up going thru a lock and talking to the lock master...the 2nd women we have encountered...and heard about a dock in Peducah, Kentucky that we might be able to stay at for the night. We got there around 5:30 and found a public dock with 3 local fishermen on it and pulled in. They helped us with our ropes and we tied up for the night! What a little piece of heaven for us! It not only meant we didn't have to anchor out BUT it also meant our feet could touch land! Judy and I decided to walk into the riverfront area and check things out while the boys got us tied up! We were happily surprised with the cute mural flood wall and all the cute restaurants! Executive decision made....clean up and come back for dinner! Best part we all got showers on the boat!! Not showering for a few days makes you really appreciate the opportunity to feel clean again. We ate at Max's and had a fabulous anniversary dinner with our traveling friends! Thank you Jim and Judy for a great anniversary! Judy and I had planned a pork chop dinner so we put in the fridge and at 7am the next day we pulled out the grill and had a delicious breakfast of grilled pork chops and cabbage salad. We have truly settled into lower expectations of meals when traveling by boat though our clothes keep getting tighter! Sandwiches have turned gourmet! We add anything we find in the fridge and are thinking of opening a sandwich shop when this is done! We arrived at our destination with very little gas to spare! BUT, we got here. We are at Green Turtle Bay Marina and are very pleasantly surprised! It is one of the ones that are highlighted in boating magazines! We have clean modern shower and laundry facilities, a restaurant, spa, shops, GAS, water and power....how could live get better!!! We are in Grand River, Kentucky and today they have a Hunter's Moon Festival we will be attending! We are now in a dry county thouh you can get moonshine and bring your own booze anywhere! A real challenge for us but one we think we can possibly handle! Thanks to our faithful Tervis tumblers! We have the boat cleaned inside and out and have CLEAN sheets on the beds again after 2 weeks! Should make for a great night's sleep! Gotta run so we can have some fun! Talk to you tomorrow!!