What goes down must go up. What?

Days 19-22 (8/13-8/22)

Day 19. Arrived at Green Turtle Bay Marina on BarkleyLake, which is really the Cumberland River all damned up! After provisioning our boat with all the necessary “to dos” like fuel, water, etc. we pulled in to plan the rest of our afternoon.  Decided to use courtesy van to go into the charming little town of Grand Rivers, Ky to provision our fresh food supplies. then, into the pool, then to the showers.  We dressed up to go into the yacht club’s dining facility, then a leisurely walk down the sailboat docks.  There must be a Hunter Boat facility around these parts because two thirds of the sailboats here are Hunters! (Like ours) http://www.greenturtlebay.com/Marina/GTB-Main-Harbor-Marina.aspx

Days 20 & 21

Left late morning and then after going thru a short canal to the Tennessee River we were totally surprised and pleased to spend two days traveling through this damned up Lake (The Kentucky, even though it’s on the Tennessee River). We only had to go straight!  Mark used the auto pilot for most of the way as he worked on his own story of our trip.  Plus, the water was no longer a muddy brown but a pleasant color that reminded me that we were heading to the ocean. See pic...

Notice the Green Water

We anchored in a small cove off a nature preserve the first night then pulled into the Mermaid Marina the next. (No amenities here)  We are in Tennessee (the state).

Day 22 (August 16) we pulled into Pickwick Landing State Park after a 12 hour run.  The current was a stronger one against us down at this part (goodbye beautiful lake - hello beautiful landscapes) but still very pleasant. Some scenes along the way were not pleasant to look at.  See pic of the Stars and Bars. Not use to seeing any display like this up north although my first sighting was on a big pleasure craft up in Alton, Illinois. Had to turn my back away due to me wanting to rip it down!!

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Now to the meaning of the title...On the Mississippi the locks brought us down to a lower level of the rivers. Now, they are bring us up!  50’ feet at a time. Strange.