There was a strong, steady rain during the night; however, when we got up, the rain had stopped – for the moment, anyway. We grabbed our shower supplies as well as the laundry, and walked up the hill to the facilities leaving Lucy behind. Maureen took a few moments to start a load of laundry and before she could get into the shower, she heard a dog barking that sounded very much like Lucy. Dexter from Hard Hat, a Hatteras trawler, was attempting to get into a golf cart while Lucy was barking at him from a few feet away and sounding very aggressive. Fortunately, Dexter had owned several pit bulls and knew that these dogs generally do not attack people. Maureen accepted a ride back to the boat in the cart and put Lucy back inside – this time shutting the door. It had begun to thunder in the distance and Lucy was a little frightened.
By now it had started to rain again. Maureen was able to work her shower and primping in between loads of laundry and just decided to stay where she was until the chores were completed. It rained buckets for about 3 hours!! By 12:30 pm, the rain let up, the laundry was done and we left the slip at Kentucky Dam Village Marina for Green Turtle Bay Marina where we had reserved a mooring ball for the next few days while we traveled back to Iowa. We arrived at GTB at 2:30 pm; secured the boat to the mooring ball; let the dinghy down and took it to shore where the car rental agency out of Paducah picked Gale up at 3 pm. Maureen stayed aboard the boat to make beds, put laundry away and straighten things up a bit. Lucy “pined away” at the back step of the boat until Gale returned at 5 pm with a DVD he had picked up at the marina office. We watched “Out of Time,” starring Denzel Washington, on the laptop as we enjoyed some wine, hors d’oeuvres and the movie.
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