Day 136 November 14

The Barkley Lake Marina is in the town of Cadiz, Kentucky.  Never been there, never heard of it, but I can now say I’ve been there.

More than twice as warm as yesterday, we were relieved to see the thermometer going the right direction.

It was 29 degrees when we left and 46 degrees when we arrived Paris Landing State Park Marina. We traveled 8.5 hours and covered 62 nautical miles. The landscape was beautiful. The eye catcher for us in this region has been the white pelicans.  They are so pretty, well, as pretty as a pelican can be.

We made a big horseshoe coming from the Cumberland River into the Tennessee River, officially getting us back on the Great Loop. A long day and we were 10 miles from where we had started.

We met Bill and Nicole, owners of the “Resolute” sailboat and Greg and Pam on a little trawler called “Salty Dog” .  We would see them again many times in the days ahead, as our boat speeds are similar.

Many marinas include the mile marker in their name, for obvious reasons.

Paris Landing State Park provided us a place to walk before sundown.