Tennessee and Mississippi

Pebble Isle Marina

10/10/19
    We reluctantly said our farewells to Green Turtle Bay, Kentucky, which turned out to be among our favorite stops!  We traveled on the Kentucky Lake for 6 hours and finally entered Tennessee.  We arrived at Paris Landing State Park, Tennessee around 4:00pm. The marina is owned by the state and is very nice.  There is a restaurant on site.  We had docktails with several Looper couples, some we had never met before.   Doctails are when we set up an impromptu cocktail hour on the dock.  We all bring our own drinks and share appetizers and enjoy besting each other with boat stories of the day!

    The next morning, we walked around the state park.  It started to rain and it rained all day, so we caught up on things on the boat.

Fall is in the air

10/12/19

    We traveled about 43 miles to Pebble Isle Marina in New Johnsonville, Tennessee.  This is a small, marina with a nice restaurant and friendly people.  There were about 6 transient boats there and we got to know them all.  The Verizon service was poor, so internet was not very good.  We only stayed one night.  In the morning, the owner of the marina made homemade cinnamon buns and coffee for all of us!  It felt like we were staying at a bed and breakfast!

10/13/19

     We traveled 62 miles on the Tennessee River to our next stop, Clifton Marina in Clifton, Tennessee.  We saw some familiar boats, Mountain Wave was there and some new people.  We had drinks with some couples who were from New Zealand, who had just bought their boat (Somerset) near St. Louis and are cruising down the river system to Mobile Bay.  They plan to ship it home.  It was fun talking to them and we traveled with them the next day.  It was hard to understand them on the radio, due to their thick Kiwi accent, so Karl and I kept asking each other, " What did he just say?  Did he really say that? "

Foggy morning view from Clifton marina

10/14/19

   We woke up to a foggy morning again!  We traveled 62 miles on the Tennessee River to Grand Harbor Marina.  This marina is on Pickwick Lake and borders Mississippi.  We really like this marina, it is very nice, clean and has a pool, tennis courts, condominiums, a rec room and a courtesy car.  It is very hilly here.

10/15/19

Borroum's Drug Store, Oldest drugstore in Mississippi

Corinth, Mississippi

     We took the courtesy car to Corinth, Mississippi to get a rental car.  We looked around this city, which is full of Civil war history.  We visited the Civil War Interpretive Center, which told the story of the siege and battle of Corinth during the Civil war through exhibits, videos and artifacts and a beautiful courtyard with a flowing fountain pool with stones marking the battles of the Civil War.  It was quite striking and meaningful.   We ate lunch at Borroum's Drug Store, the oldest drug store in Mississippi, built in 1869 by a former Confederate Army surgeon and it has been in the family since.  We had great hamburgers and fountain drinks.

Shiloh Battlefield

10/16/19

     We visited Shiloh Battlefield today.  We were very impressed with this area and learned a lot from the movie that was shown before we walked around the battlefields.  This was where a 2 day battle was fought between the Union and Confederate soldiers on April 6-7, 1862.  It was one of the bloodiest battles of the civil war, ending with over 23,000 deaths.  The battle was a victory for the Union soldiers.  There was a self-guided tour around what is now a national park.  There are numerous monuments that mark the events of the battle.  It was a strange feeling to stand on these grounds where so many young soldiers died in battle.   It was a humbling experience.