One of my favorite songs as a child was “Battle of New Orleans” by Johnny Horton. It told the story of General Andrew Jackson running the British out of New Orleans during the War of 1812. His troops nicknamed him “Old Hickory” because he would bend but not break. Today we went through the Old […]
Old Hickory said we’d take em by surprise… Read More »
Yesterday I neglected to include the funeral procession that passed by the boat! We heard a jazz band playing just outside the fence. A tuba, slide trombone, trumpet and drum. I immediately said it was either a wedding or a funeral. Dozens of mourners carrying flowers were following along
A message from the Admiral: Jan asked that I tell the readers why they are receiving posts that are backdated and not in real time in case someone has just dropped in. If you already know just skip this paragraph. When I started blogging again on this trip, I discovered that my service Talkspot.com had
Nashville pigs-Rooters-N-Tooters… Read More »
A dear friend of mine, Judge Michael Peters from Houston, TX, once tried his hand at writing a country western song. The title to this blog is all I remember but it seemed appropriate since that is our destination today. We pulled out of Harpeth Shoals after first pumping out our waste tank. We wanted to hit
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Today we left Clarksville headed for Riverview Marina in Ashland City, TN. The river was loaded with debris from the recent storms. I saw a basketball, a soccer ball, a football, a lifejacket and we partially ran over an orange and white stripped traffic barrel! You can’t make this stuff up.
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Readers note: Including this article you should have received a total of 7 articles for this trip. If you missed any please go to www.aboardcbay.com and catch up. You can bet your bottom dollar… A lucky break for us. We awoke to fair weather and set off by 0800. The river was
The sun will come out tomorrow… Read More »
Our plan today was fairly simple. We only had 45 miles to cover and there was no reason to rush getting off early. So we agreed to go to The Docks for a good country breakfast at 9am and then shove off. We lingered over breakfast and it was 10:30am when we cast off. Rain
Into the eye of the storm… Read More »
In September of 2012 we came off the Ohio River, up the Cumberland to Green Turtle Bay where we stayed several days waiting on our friends to repair their boat. Then we took a cutover canal one mile to the Tennessee River and began our run toward home. Today we have reversed the process and
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From Mermaid we pull out into the river and turn our bow toward Paris Landing State Park. It will be in KY and they know how to run a park. The marina is top flight and the Lodge is a beautiful place to eat. A US Coast Guard station is located in the same harbor.
Life is good in gay Paree… Read More »
Up early again today with 75 miles to cover. The water was smooth as glass compared to the washing machine when we arrived yesterday. We are off to Pickwick Lock, the tallest on the Tennessee and second tallest in the world. It will drop us 110 feet which is a pretty deep hole for a
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