We're in Scotsboro, AL after 3 nice days on the Tennessee River system.

Jim & Dudley Grove (Fanfare in the Hatteras Owner's Forum) joined us at Joe Wheeler State Park marina on Wilson Lake, which is a really beautiful spot. They got our car for us on the way here and left their car further up the river so we'll have cars along the way to Chattanooga. It's great to have some nice guests on board and Jim has a boat almost exactly like ours, so they really know the ropes.

We had left the doors to the aft deck open at night and the next morning, we found that we had had a nocturnal visitor.... possum tracks all over the aft deck glass table. Luckily, there was no food left there for the possum to get into.




Jim did most of the piloting, which gives me a break for many hours at the wheel every day, but both of us like that anyway.










And Dudley learned to pilot the boat with the GPS and Autopilot controls from the navigator's chair.











We went through Huntsville, AL and then on to Scotsboro through Lake Wilson and one 40 ft. lock to Lake Guntersville. The first day was bright and sunny and the 2nd was cold and cloudy with some rain. When the sun was shining there were some nice Fall colors, but not as good as previously. Maybe we're past the peak now.

As we cruised the river, the banks were more frequently steep headlands and limestone cliffs down to the water's edge, which makes for dramatic scenery.

Today we'll go on to Guild, TN for one night, before going on to Chattanooga.