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Chattanooga Choo Choo and more…………..

A visit to Chattanooga would not be complete without seeing the Chattanooga Choo Choo.  The Choo Choo is more than a train.  It’s a museum of trains that are being used as a hotel and restaurant.  Yes, you too can sleep and eat in the hi…

Chattanooga Choo Choo and more…………..

A visit to Chattanooga would not be complete without seeing the Chattanooga Choo Choo.  The Choo Choo is more than a train.  It’s a museum of trains that are being used as a hotel and restaurant.  Yes, you too can sleep and eat in the hi…

Arrived at our first Tennessee Destination: Chattanooga

We promised earlier to post some more pics/videos of the “Grand Canyon of the Tennessee River.”  Connectivity was bad then.  It’s much better here so we will include those pics here now.  First, here is our cruise map for our final …

Arrived at our first Tennessee Destination: Chattanooga

We promised earlier to post some more pics/videos of the “Grand Canyon of the Tennessee River.”  Connectivity was bad then.  It’s much better here so we will include those pics here now.  First, here is our cruise map for our final …

No More Locks, Please!

We cruised from 6:00 this morning to 3:30 this afternoon and made it to Nickajack Marina, locally known as Hales Bar Marina and pronounced as Hells Bar Marina.  One lock today which we’re sooo thankful that the tow and barge on our tail and the lo…

No More Locks, Please!

We cruised from 6:00 this morning to 3:30 this afternoon and made it to Nickajack Marina, locally known as Hales Bar Marina and pronounced as Hells Bar Marina.  One lock today which we’re sooo thankful that the tow and barge on our tail and the lo…

Stormy in Guntersville AL

We tooled around Guntersville today in the courtesy car and saw many trees down from yesterday’s storm.  Winds were reported at 60 mph.  Had a great lunch at The Rock House and Vicki got a nice pedicure at the nails place in downtown Gun…

Stormy in Guntersville AL

We tooled around Guntersville today in the courtesy car and saw many trees down from yesterday’s storm.  Winds were reported at 60 mph.  Had a great lunch at The Rock House and Vicki got a nice pedicure at the nails place in downtown Gun…

Sitting Pretty in Guntersville, AL…….

Here’s our cruise map from Columbus, MS (the last time we posted a map) to our current location, Guntersville, AL.  Just click on the following link.  Sometimes you will have to wait for the entire course line to load up and sometimes you wil…

Sitting Pretty in Guntersville, AL…….

We departed Ditto Landing early this morning to outrun the 40% chance of forecasted  thunderstorms this afternoon.  Again, we didn’t.  It was our intent to make it to Scottsboro, AL, a 45 mile run with only one lock.  But the clouds…