Watts Bar Lake Meets the Sky
Barker Island, MM 533, Cormorant Rookery
From a distance Barker Island has a ghostly appearance. It's trees are denuded and the ground is snow white; a stark contrast to the surrounding islands which have an earthy-red soil topped by a tall, multihued green canopy. Comorants have taken over this one acre island and turned it into a rookery. It's easily a thousand bird gulp that calls Barker home. We approached it slowly and upwind because what appears to be snow, let's just say it isn't...
Today's 49 Mile Run
Eldridge Slough Anchorage Looking North
Eldridge Slough Anchorage Looking WNW
At anchor in Eldridge Slough, Tennessee MM491, about 25 miles NE of Chattanooga. Adding in today's 49 miles we're now 2314 miles into the journey. DBH
