Thursday, August 25, 2011

Tuesday, Aug 9, 2011 – mile 277, Tennessee River, Joe Wheeler State Park, Rogersville, AL

We planned another long travel day so we were up early and on the phone to the lockmaster at 6 am. He said he was unaware of any other traffic in the area and encouraged us to come right away. We were at the Guntersville Lock arrival point within 30 minutes and had a green light. As we entered the lock, a thunderstorm with lots of lightning and loud thunder threatened and we thought for sure we were going to be in the middle of a deluge before we exited. Surprisingly, the storm skirted the area and we received only a couple drops of rain.

We finished locking through and were on our way at 6:50 am – a great start to a great day. We traveled all the way across Wheeler Lake, approximately 75 miles and made our way back into First Creek where we found a beautiful spot to anchor near the Joe Wheeler State Park Marina. It was already 5:30 pm when we stopped to anchor so instead of doing any exploring then, we decided to relax, enjoy the sunset on the boat and wait until morning to check out the marina and the park.

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