Tuesday, October 18
Docked at Aqua Harbor Yacht Club at 9:47am after a little cruise of 7.2 miles from Panther Creek anchorage. We went to the ship's store to purchase the parts needed for our toilet...(Joker Valve) Hahaha, really funny. Why is it called that anyway??
For the rest of the day I scrubbed the boat and gathered compliments from anyone walking by...people really like this boat. Kerm had a well deserved 'veg out' day.
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| Fancy house across the river from our tie-up. |
Wednesday, October 19
The weather took a nasty turn so we decided to stay here another night. Kerm worked on the boat all day and I puttered around being useful when possible.
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| Cold Front coming in |
Later on, I took Warren for a ride in the Marina's courtesy van. We went to nearby Savannah, TN for provisions (read this as more beer...the marina is in a 'dry' county). Many of the marinas we have visited have courtesy cars for the transients. It is really appreciated by the Loopers who need transportation to the stores. There is usually a two hour limit and you are expected to replace the fuel you use...nice deal.
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| This marina was huge and had 5 more docks not shown |
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| Swimming pool and fitness club is included in the overnight slip fee...Warren got all excited |
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| but the swimming pool was covered up for the season and the fitness room was locked. |
Thursday, October 20
Anxious to do some anchoring out!!! Today we are heading to Waterfall Cove to see if we can get a spot for the night. Left Aqua Yacht at 2:00 pm and were so happy to see that the cove with the waterfall has empty. The cruise to the cove was only 5.1 miles. Those of you who are following us on SPOT probably wonder what on earth we are doing going back and forth here on Pickwick Lake. Don't worry, after November 1 we will be headed south again and you will see us making steady progress as in the past.
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| Hooray, we have the waterfall to ourselves!! |
Anchoring was a little tricky because there is not enough room in the cove for the boat to swing all the way around. We set a small anchor off the back to assist the big one in front.
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| A captain and this thoughts...and his beer |
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| Christie communing with the waterfall nymphs |
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| Beautiful rock ledges |
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| Goodnight from Waterfall Cove |
It was a cool (cold) night so we woke up to wisps of fog...
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| Looking out into the Lake from the Cove |
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| Looking into the Cove |
Is there anything better than a nice hot breakfast when the morning is chilly??? I think not!
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| Captain thinks so too |
After breakfast we had to reset the anchors due to a wind shift. It took 4 tries as we kept getting beer cans stuck in the flukes of the anchor and the anchor would not hold. Also, when we pulled the small aft anchor it came up with beer cans and another anchor attached to it. Here's a shot of the little white anchor we 'rescued' from Davy Jones' locker.
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| What a mess... |
We decided that rather than fight with the anchor situation any longer we'd head back to Grand Harbor Marina for the night. This wasn't bad because our new Filter Minder device had been delivered...and a hot shower is kind of nice. Also, I did two big loads of laundry.
Saturday, October 22
We had a leisurely morning and left Grand Harbor after noon. We were looking for another fun place to anchor out and we had several suspects. One of them was called Whetstone Creek and it is on the same side of Pickwick Lake as Waterfall Cove but about five miles further down. When we got there it looked very promising. The little inlet to the Creek went back about half a mile and there were steep wooded hills on either side. We liked the seclusion so we decided to drop the hook.
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| Whetstone Creek |
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| Anchorage at Whetstone Creek |
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| Down the little creek ahead you can hear a waterfall feeding into the creek |
I did a lot of exploring in the dinghy, just rowing about. The creek was full of fish, birds and turtles.
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| Cool Rocks |
We also heard quite a bit of loud coyote carnage going on in the woods at night.
That first night we were up quite a bit with the anchor alarms but the anchors held and we got used to the natural shifts in the wind throughout the days/nights. It was cold every morning and the fog was very thick until about 10 am when the sun burned through. Then it would get nice and warm. Not hot enough for swimming but lovely just the same. We liked this spot so well we spent three nights there.
We also learned a new skill...Kerm bought hair clipping shears a few weeks ago and has been wanting a short haircut. Mary Morgan's cut was great but Kerm was aching for really short soooo....
We fired up the clippers and I did the deed right there on our back deck. You can see some of the pollution we added to the creek...sorry fish!
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| Now I have my own personal Steve McQueen |
We spent the days doing maintenance chores, reading, and just plain enjoying being there. It was very cut off and we could get telephone reception every now and then but after a while we just gave up.
Now (Tuesday, Oct. 25) we are back at Grand Harbor Marina for one night, getting restocked, re-watered, showered and pumped out. Then we'll be set for more anchoring out.
Love to all friends and family. Take care.
Christie
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