Kim Jo IV: 9-3, 4 & 5 2013 Chattanooga,TN to Guntersville, AL

Thursday, September 5, 2013

9-3, 4 & 5 2013 Chattanooga,TN to Guntersville, AL

Tuesday: After 4 wonderful days in Chattanooga we got going early as we had a long day planned. About 45 minutes underway we changed back to Central time. It was dark when we started and foggy when the sun started to come up but later on it turned into another beautiful day. This was the most miles we have put on the Gulf Star in one day (excluding both Gulf crossings), 104 miles. We were hot and tired when we stopped at 15:50 Central Time. After we settled in we grilled some burgers and just relaxed.

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Wednesday: We had a pleasant morning. We sat and watched the sun come up and took our time getting going. We had a short day with only 6.5 mile to Alred Marina in Guntersville, AL. We put on fuel and got a pump out and then to our slip. After we got settled we took the courtesy car to Napa so Keith could get his oil and filters to do an oil change this afternoon. We also went to Walmart and got a few things. When Keith was changing oil I did the wash. It had been 11 days since I last washed so I had quite a bit. We stayed over a second day and got caught up on things. We had a guy come out and look at our Inverter; it has been registering low battery again. He showed Keith how to reset the system to get low battery light off. We finally think we know how this thing works.

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CO’s comments: When we first started our boating adventures way back in Red Wing, MN, we said to ourselves we will never travel in fog, never in thunder storms, and never on the river system at night. A lot has sure changed. Now we think nothing of leaving in the dark and in fog but we are still cautious in thunderstorms.