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Docks were busy as well. Gas was going for $4.09…low enough to make Floyd think about filling up…but the thought of leaving TUMBLEWEED without Stabil in the tank made him reconsider….instead we opted to walk the docks…looking at boats and searc…

Just as we thought it couldn't get much hotter, there it was…entrance to Goose Pond Marina. Just a little busy on a Saturday afternoon…and narrow…and full of gunk and weeds…I mean this Gunthersville Lake sure reminds us of other stops we m…

But before we could get to Goose Pond , we encountered yet another set of what we are calling Tennessee Crab Pots…yep, more fisherman with cut up noodles attached to fishing line…wonder if this ever works??? we sure haven’t seen any evidence that i…

We are head of schedule…this heat is getting to us….thinking that we may be back at Ditto Landing on Monday or Tuesday…and headed back to Wichita by the 21 or 22…stay tuned on that. We understand that there are fellow Loopers at Goose Pond…so…

Another long day today…but the promise of Goose Pond Marina…electricity for air conditioning and a restaurant tonight will keep us going today. High is to be around 90….I’m not gonna take any readings!!!! but we have discovered the Tennessee vers…

Next morning…anchor up and the lock is just two miles ahead…he was ready when we got there!!! Love when they do that….and we like to think we've learned a thing or three about this locking through. We read recently in some silly book about wh…

Poof, we lost a hour…then pulled into Little Cedar Mountain…an anchorage we’d used before…haircuts, beer, swim, late supper…we were done in by 9:30…cause it still felt like 10:30 to us!!! Trains, barking dogs, and all those croaking frogs did…

After the Captain woke and took over the helm, I took some temperature readings. He's been telling me for days, weeks, months, years that the blue canvas on TUMBLEWEED produces heat. So on a clear day, when the temp is 82 headed to 87 at about 3 in…

Couldn’t help but notice the sharp contrast between the chart map and the actual scenery on this section of the Tennessee…seems pretty boring looking at that chart…but those mountains and cliffs are sure pretty…won’t they be even better in the fa…

Long cruising days mean trading off at the helm…here’s what the hard working Captain does while his trusty First Mate is at the helm….he should know better than to leave the camera unguarded!!!! hehehe…as you can see the sun is just about to catc…