We left the state park marina and headed to Pebble Isle near New Johnsonville Kentucky. Our shortest day in quite a while, we only traveled 27 NM. The temps are slowly coming up, so we don’t wear as many clothes in the boat. Another 4 ½ hours of travel behind us, we arrived early enough in the day to grab the courtesy car and make a run to WalMart for some grocery shopping. Our newest friends from the Resolute (sailboat) joined us. We got back in time to knock out a couple loads of laundry and call it day.
From Paris Is. State Park to Pebble Isle Marina 
This home was built on the end of the abandoned railroad bridge. Other homes bordered the shoreline beyond. 
This old dock may have been built over the water from the beginning, but it had seen its better day and was now abandoned. 
The serene entrance to our safe harbor for the night.
I was amused to meet a contract diver who had been called to take a look at another Looper’s boat props. The air temps have been very cold and the water temperature is slowly dropping, making diving pretty nippy. This guy has the answer to the cold. He had built a propane fired hot water heater, made from 6″ & 4” pipe, a roll of copper tubing, an old fish fry burner, and a 12-volt circulating pump. With this combo and a roll of plastic tubing, he had rigged a hot water body heater. He pumps the heated water from the “still” through the tubing lining his wet suit, keeping his body warm while he is underwater. When he turned it on, water was running out of both cuffs and around both feet. Entertaining to see it work, but quite effective for his vocation. My dad would be quite impressed with this contraption, using scrap material and probably parts of other people’s “throw away” stuff.
This guy could run a major business because he really knows how to keep his overhead low. Guys like this inspire me with their ability to make things work with what they have.
The only downer to this stop would have to be the cinnamon rolls that we would miss. The proprietor serves guests each morning at 8:00 am. We needed to leave around 6:30 because of the long day ahead. With the uncertainty of delays at locks, we have to build a minimum of 30 minutes delay into each. That sometimes, is not nearly enough. I love cinnamon rolls, but getting caught on the water after dark is a far greater consequence that missing a roll. Maybe a can of Pillsbury’s is in my near future.