This All Looks Strangely Familiar

October 29, 30, 31, 2011

October 29

The scenery is even more dramatic today. It is a bright sunny day with beautiful fall color.  The heavily wooded mountain slopes come right down to the river’s edge. We are backtracking on the route that we took to Chattanooga. It’s interesting to see some of the areas from the water that we drove by when we rented a car a couple of days ago. We have a much better perspective of the area than we did on our previous trip. We’re going downstream now so speed has increased from 7.3 mph to 9.1…..get out the water skis! 

October 30 

Coconuts belongs to Bru and Sandy. 
We met them on the shuttle bus in Chattanooga
and discovered that we both own Krogens.
We have been traveling together for two days. 

Most mornings are a little slow to start (not because we are retired),  but because of fog.  The water is warmer than the air.  So, the conditions are right for fog!  That’s the science lesson for today, kids.  A few more tidbits of information:  the Chattanooga area has the widest variety of plant life in the world – other than central China.  And, the Tennessee River has more species of fish than any other river in North America.  Yikes -- too much information!   

October 31 -- Halloween 

FOG!!!!!

We got tricked by Mother Nature again this morning. No fog in the marina or river when we entered and then POW -- a fog bank that gave us zero visibility. Three times we got socked with fog before we got the treat of a warm sunny day. Halloween gremlins come in all shapes and sizes. Our second trick was a heat exchanger that is leaking antifreeze from the engine. Brian has been trying to trace the antifreeze drips that he had noticed for the last couple of weeks. Today he found the source. Not the best of news -- a big list of parts has been compiled and they will be waiting for us at the Dog River Marina in Mobile.  

The bright light in the fog
is the sun and it's reflection the water

Everywhere we go we run into relatives....
This one appears to be listing a bit to port!
Maybe she started celebrating too early.

Dinner tonight in Florence, Alabama with Bru and Sandy from the Krogen Express, Coconuts.  We had hoped to have another night of great entertainment in the bar above the marina, but unfortunately it was closed.

Gotta smile -- We're lovin the ride!