14 Nov 2010 Day 2 35. 23’ .149N 88. 00’ .369W Clifton Marina TN.
Stand to is at 0550L, ;) We are motoring and on the river by 0615L. I woke up and saw the fog rolling in and made a snap decision to leave immediately, we beat the fog my minutes. All that Army discipline pays offs, no one cozy in their bags at stand too, engines running ready to roll on call. J Which we did. J
The weather was cool and sunny, with a light winds. It was a pleasant cruise, made 62.5 miles today, would have made 72.5 had it not been for a stopped up head, L so we stopped at Clifton Tn. Bought a plunger went ahead and topped off on fuel and decided to stop for the night. Clifton Marina is nice little marina, the people are very nice, and helpful, they had a courtesy car that we took into town to the get tools needed for our problem, which I fixed, and Jim, God bless him he cleaned up. J
We are fueled, feed, watered and ready to go for the next day. It’s a good stop, it’s cold tonight, freezing, and WI fi, so can update blog.
Tomorrow we are planning on another early start if we can beat the fog, but this marina is small and encircled by land, so might be tough to beat the fog, we will try, should be easier we are less than a 50 yards from the river, so will try, if we don’t make it we will have bacon eggs and hot coffee for breakfast and wait the fog out. Our plan for day 3 is to make Pickwick Dam and Lock, lock up into Pickwick Lake and spend the night there, then lock into the Tenn-Tom and start the process of locking south. This will be our only lock that takes us up, the rest are drops. I am going to try and post some pics of the first lock, but not sure if we will remember. J It will be a first for us both, and new experience, but just one more part of the adventure.
Ok reflections of the trip so far. I love it and despite the trouble of getting mast down, I would do it again. It is some of the most beautiful country I have seen, and seeing it from water makes it even better. I would not do it alone however; you need at least two people to enjoy it. Also, you need to have time to stop and enjoy yourself. We are pushing and still having a good time, I can understand why many people just take their time, and it’s enjoyable. On your own, well that could be another story. It becomes work then and that’s not fun.
Ok time to call it a night. I hope to post on 15 Nov 2010 ok, one minor note, there is something on the lense of my camer, cant figure it out, have cleaned and cleaned, so guess will just have to be satisfied with the speck, guess its not on the lense, but in the body, so hope it resolves itself.
Capt. Bear s/v Surprise
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