Green Turtle Bay - Rain delay

Friday: We were all rested up and ready to get back on the river. We thought we could get out of Green Turtle Bay Marina before the rain and thunder storms but the rain came early. It looks like we will be here until Sunday AM. We are anxious to get on the Tennessee River (Phase 4) of our trip. Pictured is a view of GTB from the gift shop.


For those of you concerned about our fuel over our long stretch of 218 miles we did just fine. We got here too late to get fuel so we don't know how many gallons we used yet but, after adding our 4-5 gallon cans of extra fuel, we ended up with about a quarter tank of gas. We also did good on our water with about half a tank left.

We have kind of a funny story that shows the differences between the north and the south. Up north we always would call the lock and say we were either northbound or southbound. When we called to get into the Barkley Lock (800'x110'x57') we said we were southbound and wanted to lock through. The Lock Master said to come on through and he filled the lock up with millions of gallons of water and then looked out and saw us coming up river so he had to let millions of gallon of water back out to let us in. He called Keith and said that we had to learn the "river lingo"; down south they use up river and down river. The Cumberland River starts at Mile 0 from the Ohio River and runs south for a while (which is up river) so now we know to use up river and down river.

CO's comments: We finally found someone that out does Craig. He has an older Trojan (abt 57') and the boat just shines. He has been shining the boat from dawn to dusk every day we have been here; even today in the rain.