The crew of Sleeping Bear took a leisurely approach today, choosing not to leave Green Turtle Bay until 10AM. Then, travel stopped early at an inviting looking anchorage before 3PM.
Today’s trip took Sleeping Bear 1.3 miles up the Cumberland River to the Barkley Canal. The Barkley canal joins Lake Barkley and Kentucky Lake 2.5 miles south of Kentucky Dam. Since entering Kentucky last Friday we have been observing daily changes to fall colors in the leaves and bushes that stand guard over the banks of the rivers. Each day there is a little more red and orange while green continues to slowly disappear. We couldn’t have timed our arrival to enjoy the fall colors any better.
Kentucky Lake’s eastern boundary, for the first 35 miles or so is known as LDL, the Land between the Lakes. It is the peninsula that was formed by the Tennessee Valley Authority’s creation of Lake Barkley and the Barkley Canal. The eastern shore is mostly undeveloped and unspoiled land. We are hoping to see some deer, wild turkeys and eagles that are advertised to run freely on this side of Kentucky Lake to night or first thing tomorrow.
Once we entered Kentucky Lake, we headed in a southerly direction. We passed 3 or 4 marinas on the western shore as well as several promising looking anchorages on the eastern shore before choosing on a cove named Pine Bluff. The eastern shores are mostly loose rock before heavy wooded forest gobbles up the land. Sleeping Bear made a modest 31 mile trip south today with a planned 50 mile crawl tomorrow. A little more geography, beginning tomorrow the eastern shore will be Tennessee, and within another 35 miles we will leave the western shore of Kentucky. Illinois is finally a long memory.
We took Kona to shore, snapping pictures of and from the shore in the process. Al jumped in for a swim before preparing dinner. If you are following the blog, you may have guessed that dinner is leftover 2 inch thick pork chops!
A posting of pictures is overdue. Ed gave me nearly 500, I took over 300 mostly good shots myself. They are all great photos. Too bad, it is difficult to delete enough great pictures to create a file small enough to be accommodated by the software we are using.
Dinner is starting to smell good and the evening cool down is beginning. Below is a picture of the sunset from the bow of the boat this evening. Another calm night at anchor.
Happy Birthday, Mary! Enjoy Lake Tahoe!
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