A New View--Looking Down the Tennessee
The current is going with us now. It's nice to see the knot log consistently over 8 mph. Going upstream I dreaded the higher current in the run-up to the locks. Now I savor it.
A Beautiful Home with a Nordhaven Out Back
"Red left port, Red left port", is the new mantra heard aboard Nellie. We don't want to mess this up; keep the red nuns to port and the green cans to starboard. Going aground is at best embarrassing and, at worst, costly.
Rocky Bluffs
Today's anchorage was not selected for its wind and wave protection, natural beauty, solitude, or even its good holding. In fact it's a lousy anchorage but, with one, over arching, redeeming quality, it's close to a great rib joint.
The Knoxville Power Squadron Anchoring Out
While dinghing to the restaurant we passed some rafted boats; the folks aboard waved us over. A nice chat turned into an invitation aboard, then cocktails, boat tours, dinner, desert, and a piano recital. Yup, Sundancer has a piano aboard. We never did make it to the rib joint, however, I now know that conviviality also trumps a good anchorage.
At Anchor off Lenoir City Park, Tennessee.
43 miles today and 2211 miles into the journey. DBH
