Loop Update
For those of you following my Loop adventure and wondering why I haven’t posted any updates recently, I have docked the boat in Ten Mile, Tennessee for about 3 weeks while I return to Houston for a routine doctor visit. My Friday checkup went fine and do not need to be back in Houston again until mid-December.
The Tennessee River is a lot like the Hudson River with mountains (or big hills depending on ones frame of reference) on either side but less developed and with a couple nuclear power plants along the way.
I plan on returning to the boat on October 23rd and begin heading down the Tennessee River to complete the Loop in Pensacola around November 18th. Since April when I started, I have completed just over 5,000 miles of the Loop. Only 1,000 miles to go. Hopefully the west coast of Florida won’t be completed obliterated by hurricanes before I get there.
Another nuclear power plant along the Tennessee River
The Hunter Museum in Chattanooga. It was quite a climb from the river level to the city level.
A beautiful home along the river
And another
A quarry along the river
Late September and the leaves have already started to change
A nice day on the river. The next day, I tangled (a little) with the remnants of hurricane Helene. Fortunately, I arrived at the marina to come home and missed all the debris and high water from Helene that came a day or two later. I saw a picture of a lock that was so filled with debris that a boat was not able to push its way into the lock chamber.
The Watts Lock - my last upboad lock. When locking up, the water in the very front or rear of the lock offers the least turbulance which makes it easier to keep the boat properly positioned when traveling solo.