10/5/15

We left out early on this Monday morning headed to Cedar Mtn. Cove. It was a great ride back
downstream past Chattanooga. Going through the Gorge was very nice, and the scenery is awesome..
The day was beautiful, full sun, which felt great after all those rainy days! We arrived at our cove around 2:00.........

10/6/15

Anchoring out is wonderful. Sonny always grills our dinner and we sit out with our wine........UNTIL the no-seeum's come to visit. Then you go inside as fast as you can. They are the only negative thing I can say about being on the hook.
After a good nights sleep, we awoke early to get headed to Nickajack Lock. The fog had lifted close to the boat, but as we got closer to the dam, it was so thick we couldn't see. We took our time and idled toward it and finally made our way in. We arrived at Goose Pond Marina at 1:00.

10/7/15 thru 10/11/15

We only spent one night at Goose Pond. When we arrived, Nancy got the courtesy car and we went to grocery.....We are the queens of grocery shopping!
The next morning was so foggy, we waited till 10:00 to leave heading for Decatur. It was a 73 mile trip back to Riverwalk Marina. Sonny's brother Dave brought us his truck after church and we kept it for 3 days doing all sorts of things.
It was grooming time again (Marena & Sonny) LOL, laundromat, Publix, Kohl's, Target, Staples, and eye doctor for me. Got my first pair of prescription sunglasses. Yay!
On Thursday night we went to an Italian restaurant, then to Sam's for dessert in Madison. Yummy strawberry cake and we LOVED her new home.
On Friday night Glenda, myself, and her sisters Sam and Melody went to Huntsville to a movie. We saw The Intern, very good!
On Sunday morning we went to church with them, then headed out for Joe Wheeler State Park where the fall rendezvous is held each year for the AGLCA members planning or doing The Great Loop.

My venting time......................

One thing I'd like to mention........................blogging is very frustrating! We updated my Ipad, which needed to be done, but if you don't have good wi-fi service; there will be no blogging!!!!! Being in rural areas is spotty. Here at this state park might normally be ok, but I think there are so many of us that we just don't get a good signal a lot of the time. So this morning I cheated and stayed at the boat to blog, clean and do laundry, (missing the session on going to the Bahamas).............Right now this is more important to me.
Also; I still am having issues with adding pics to my posts. I'm trying to figure it out. It's challenging when you just don't understand and everyone says it's so simple. I will add them when I figure it out.
I take photos with my phone, Sonny takes photos with a camera, photos are everywhere except where I can access them to put on the blog. Some are still on the camera, some are on my phone, some are in google photos, some are on the laptop in a file.................why can't they all be in one place. I'm actually getting really pissed.
 Enough said.
Almost.
Actually, there may never be pictures again on my blog.

10/1 thru 10/4

Spent several days at Island Cove Marina. We were supposed to go to Wine over Water in Chattanooga (and move the boat to downtown marina) with friends but it rained so much that week that we decided to stay where we were and skip the wine festival. On saturday night we did meet our friends (Don & Cielene and Todd & Dawn) for dinner at Hennan's. Great time!!!!!!!! Dinner was awesome AND chocolate martinis are the absolute best..................

9/30/15

Rented a car this morning to run errands around Hixson, Tn. I made a hair appt with Meagan at the Pink Pineapple, and got a super cut and color! I'm blonde again!!!!!! Got nails done, grocery shopped,  and other things........Plus; I went to an urgent care to check on a bite on my leg. It seems I was bitten by a brown recluse (a small one since I had very little symptoms). Thank goodness! But it wasn't getting better; so........... and then on 9/13 when we went to Whitestone Resort, I had fallen and did something to my left hand. I'm left-handed by the way! Anyhow; I really aggravated the arthritis that is in that thumb joint and I'm wearing a brace. Oh well.............

9/28 & 9/29

After spending two nights at Lowe Branch, anchored out (it was just too nice to leave after one night), we headed back downstream 54 miles to our same slip at Island Cove Marina. The next day (9/29), we just kicked back and did basically nothing,  settled in to our new home for about a week. This is a nice marina, good facilities and a good place to walk. We are in a covered slip, which turns out to be very nice in the coming days.........