DAY 13

Tuesday September 29, 2009

Sorry it's been a few days since my last entry. No, I have not been slacking!!! Well okay, sort of. Between no internet connection, and faint connection, I haven't been able to make an entry. Anyway, here's what we've been up to as of late.

We left Pebble Isle marina and headed up the Tennessee. But only after eating fresh, out of the oven cinnamon rolls that they serve at the gas dock each morning. Such a friendly, helpful marina. Brad was given a free hat because he told an Ole and Lena joke at dinner the night before and everyone thought it was hysterical. Of course they were all very impressed at his Norwegian accent. I thought some of them were going to fall off their chairs laughing last night. We are going against the current at an average of 3 mph so it slows us down. We made 72 miles today before finding an anchorage. We chose to go a short distance up Indian Creek. It was narrow but deep. About 10’, so we dropped anchor. We heard one car, otherwise just owls and coyotes. It was a moonlit night so we sat out on the bow. We could hear packs of coyotes in the distance. This spot definitely was without any type of coverage. I was able to stand up on the bridge and hold my cell phone in a direction to pick up enough signal that I could send a text message to our friend Tami Heimer as to our location. Just in case........