After a few days enjoying Nashville, we were back at the Clarksville Marina for the second time. We left the boat there for two weeks while we took a trip to Wisconsin and Texas for a quick visit with the fam, back to the boat for a few days, then a quick run to Fort … Continue reading An Ode to Clarksville, Tennessee

We got up early to get a 0700 start on the 94 mile trip from Clarksville to Green Turtle Bay resort. There was a dense fog on the water, so we went back to bed for a little while. By 0800, the fog was mostly clear, so we set out. Clarksville was good to us, … Continue reading Clarksville to Green Turtle Bay: Cruising with the Current

Our time in Nashville has come to an end. We left on a beautiful Saturday morning. As we were packing up, we heard the unexpected sound of a Jody. We looked above us and saw the heads of a military unit (like, the actual heads, not the leaders, necessarily) marching across the bridge. The part … Continue reading Nashville to Clarksville: Movin’ to the ‘burbs

We were in Nashville Monday through Saturday morning. Owen worked the weekdays, then went out and about for dinner and or whatever in the evenings. The dock was in a great location. The gate was not obvious to the normal passersby, and it was far enough away from the shore to prevent any shenanigans from … Continue reading Nashville: A Week Downtown

Okay, we didn't have a flotilla, but it sounded funny. We planned to leave at dawn again to make the 60ish mile trip to Nashville. We had one lock, the Cheatham Lock, and the nice folks we met at the dock the night before said that they had to wait three hours. It's a smaller … Continue reading Clarksville to Nashville: Flotilla in the Mist

We learned something today. For two days, we have periodic tapping coming from somewhere in the boat. The tapping varied in intensity and volume. Sometimes it would go on for quite a while and then go away for hours. It sounded like it came from different areas, but that can be hard to tell on … Continue reading Things that go bump in the night

It was time to say goodbye to Green Turtle and hello to our side trip. We're going to Nashville. It's just over 160 miles to our destination, and we decided to make it a two-day trip. We planned to leave at sunrise, but it was raining pretty hard when we woke up. We slept for … Continue reading Green Turtle Bay to Clarksville: Dreary Labor Day Weekend

We spent about a week enjoying Green Turtle Bay Resort. It's a wonderful resort with wonderful people. But I also highly recommend that you check out Grand Rivers and the Land Between the Lakes. It's a short walk to Grand Rivers. There is also a shuttle, you can rent a golf cart, or borrow the … Continue reading Exploring Grand Rivers and the Land Between the Lakes

Remember how I said that being a boater means fixing stuff all the time? This time it was the vacuum flush head. We had a slight vacuum leak that required us to replace the seal. NBD, right? It wasn't, but in the process, the shaft that connects the petal to the clam shell, or "ball," … Continue reading This is not what people think about when they buy a boat