Oh, you know that it's trouble when the first picture of the post is a sunrise picture... We left the dock at 6:47 am, and headed south up Kentucky Lake. For the departure the Admiral took the helm, and a few minutes later we were safely out in the channel. It was amazing as there was no yelling (by me), no screaming (by me). I will have to be careful as she might get to like this. Then I would have to pull up the fenders, hang the lines, cover the electric cords, etc. Is this pay back time? Anyway, I am getting the point that she does do a LOT of work before and after docking...
Out on Kentucky Lake (Tennessee River) we were greeted by a now familiar sight. At least this time it was only small patches of fog (picture at left). Our trip for the day was 62.9 miles (about 8 hours), which was the reason for the early start since we would also be slowed a few tenths of a mph due to current. In fact the start was so early that I got to eat breakfast after we had gotten underway... Well, there was some payback later in the morning when I got to take a nap before lunch (Thanks Admiral!).
We had a total of four bridges to go under today. There were three fixed bridges with a clearance of 60.4 feet or more. However, the first bridge was a lift bridge for the Louisville & Nashville Rail Road. It had a clearance of 24.5 feet so we did not need to have it raised to go under. We have gone under or through many rail road bridges, but this was one of the few where we actually saw a train go over the bridge (picture at right). The whole bridge was over a mile long over the lake so the whole view of the train and bridge was pretty neat. The picture shows several of the engines on the central lift span. The grey band across the picture behind the bridge is the Hickman-Lockhart (traffic) bridge just a few hundred feet to the south. For you history buffs and fans of movie star Gary Cooper, the last bridge of the day was the Alvin C. York Bridge. It was named in honor of the famous World War I Medal of Honor Winner who was a native of Tennessee.
The scenery along the lake was often quite good with steep rock faces along the shore and some Fall colors.
We arrived at the marina and after checking in, I managed to sneak in a short nap even though it was after the Admiral's Official Deadline to start a nap (no later than 3:30 pm). There were not a lot of options for eating dinner out so we had very good hamburgers in the grill at the marina office.
Another nice but long day on the water, but there are changes
ahead...
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