Town Creek-Lake Guntersville State Park to Ditto Landind 4 nights on anchor:)

Found a wonderful anchorage in Town Creek within the state park. Alan did a 10 mile kayak trip himself up the creek and back. After lunch we both went in our kayaks for a short paddle to the park store. Really beautiful spot and enjoyed the paddle. The next morning (Friday) we headed out to Short creek to find an anchorage. Sunday morning we cruised towards Ditto Landing and locked through Guntersville  Dam. We stopped for the night at Painted Rock river and anchored for the night. After a peaceful night there we cruised MOnday to the linch River and went way up the river and anchored. Alan did some kayaking in both rivers and we saw plenty of bass boats. We notice the next mornings on both rivers that the water level on the banks had dropped at least two feet over night. Glad we didn't go further upriver to anchor. Tuesday morning, we pulled anchor and headed to Ditto Landing which would be our final destination with the boat. All in all it has been a great month and we took our time. We hope to continue on the river at a later time and cruise from Ditto to the end of the river. :)

Goose Pond Colony Marina

Left Chattanooga early in the morning and cruised to Lake Guntersville. Decided on marina for the night to catch up on laundry and use the courtesy car for groceries. Nice place and everyone was very nice there. Heading out in the morning for some gunk-holing the next few days.

Arrived Chattanooga for some shore leave

We arrived Chattanooga  on the 20th and tied up to the Bluff View docks for the next three days. After walking ten blocks uptown we ate at the Tupelo Honey cafe our first night then took the electric shuttle back down to the waterfront.  We rented bikes the next day and biked across the Walnut bridge, Bluff art district and to the boathouse restaurant for lunch. We then went to the Hunters museum of art and stopped by the local downtown grocery store which has been there since 1921. Great nostalgia in there and brings back memories to me how it was to shop in a small grocery store when I was younger. Chattanooga is a wonderful city to visit and has alot of things going on. We visited the market on Wednesday by the free electric shuttles the city offers and explored some more of the market area. All in all this is a great stop for boaters and highly recommended .

Shady Grove Harbor Marina

Pulled into Shady Grove on Sunday night the 19th after exploring Possum creek that day. Stayed the night and met a few of the boaters there who live on houseboats. Nice people and one of them winters in Pahokee . lol
I was born in Pahokee, but that was in the fifties and only hospital around. We had a quiet night and had to wait for the fog to lift before moving on to Chattanoooga. It was around 10:30 before we could shove off. We locked through Chickamanga dam with no delays and headed towards our destination.

Solar Alan RIgged up

Alan rigged up this solar system to help keep he batteries charged and refrigerator running when we are anchored out. Works out pretty good:)

Anchorage in the Hiwassee Wildlife area.

We left Blue water marina after the fog started to clear up and headed for Hiwassee Island and Hiwassee River. It was really nice and the birds around on the islands. The wind was a bit strong so we headed on around the island and started up river on the Hiwassee. We found a really nice secluded anchorage about 2.5 miles upriver in Roberts Hollow. Very secluded and scenery spetacular. Lots of kayaking territory.

Blue Water Rv resort and Maria Dayton, Tenn

We finally had a day we could travel and left Blue Springs marina in Watts Lake Bar and headed towards the lock. We had a two hour wait at the lock because they were locking through a barge. We tied up to the boat ramp dock(beautiful park and swimming beach) and waited till they called us. After locking through we just took our time cruising and was trying to find an anchorage that we liked and no weeds. Needless to say we didn't and decided to pull into Blue Water marina and glad we did. What a beautiful marina and everything fairly new. Todd the owner wasn't in, but left his phone number on door. I called him on phone told him we would like a slip and he said come on in and make yourself at home. We did and liked it so much we stayed two nights. I did laundry which was a bargain and brand new machines. Alan kayaked around the creek there and we enjoyed being just about the only people around:)