6-18-2012, Harpeth River anchorage

We got a late start; 13:00, so we only went 25 miles to our anchorage.  We were going to leave on Sunday so Keith was checking everything down in the engine room Saturday evening.  He noticed a battery was low on water (which had never happened before) so he added water.  After we ate, he checked the battery again.  This time it was bubbling and when he took one of the caps off it exploded getting battery acid all over, including him.  He got an acid burn on his arm but he would not let me take him to the Doctor.  We did flush it really good and several times.  Luckily, Sunday morning his arm was better.  We had to wait until Monday morning to get 2 new batteries before we could leave.  All I can say is it is a good thing it happen here in Nashville, rather than when we were anchored out some where.

On the way to Nashville we anchored by Harpeth Island so we decided to try going up the Harpeth River this time and see how it was.  The scenery is beautiful and it's fairly quiet.  We jumped into the river after we got settled just to cool off as it got to 99 degrees this afternoon; felt real good.  We had a quiet evening and night.  We were serenaded by several different kinds of birds at dusk.

CO's comments:  The Harpeth River had a 25' depth until about 1 1/4 mile up and then it went to 7'.  We were at a good spot so we stayed.  I am still amazed at how friendly Tow Captains are since I got our AIS.  I think they realize they are not dealing with an amateur.

N36 17.640
W87 08.432

TN Highway 12 looks like it runs right into the Cumberland River here at Mile 167.0.

Entrance to the Harpeth River off  Mile 153.0 on the Cumberland River.

Beautiful scenery at our Harpeth River anchorage.  Very peaceful and quiet.

Pete and Sarah want everyone to know that they live on Mile 175.0 on the Cumberland River.