Days 138 Barkley State Park KY - Green Turtle Bay, KY Start 8:15 AM End 11:45 AM Underway 3:30 Hours Distance 25 miles Total Miles on Trip 2631 Av Speed 8.7 knots Locks 0 Weather Sunny, 68 Degrees, Wind 7Kn SW Back to Green Turtle Bay Marina. This concludes our side trip to Nashville, 336 miles, 11 days, anchored out twice, 2 locks and countless Asian Carp jumping and countless good times with friends. It was really exciting to look up at t...

Days 136 - 137 Clarksville TN Barkley State Park KY Start 6:50 AM End 3:00 PM Underway 7:00 Hours Distance 61 miles Total Miles on Trip 2605 Av Speed 8.7 knots Locks 0 Weather Sunny, 83 Degrees, Wind 10Kn SSWBarkley State Park was a ghost town. We arrived at the marina, fueled up and went to our slip. We had hoped to get some minor groceries at the marina store. They advertised that they had a well stock store. When we asked about it, they told us "A...

Days 126-128 Paducah City Dock - Green Turtle Bay, KY Start 7:00 AM End 1:30 PM Underway 6:00 Hours Distance 39 miles Total Mil6s on Trip 2343 Av Speed 5.3 knots Locks 1 Weather Sunny, 77 Degrees, Wind 4Kn SSE We pulled off the docks at Paducah right at 7am, we have 39 miles to go all of it against the current. The big unknown is what the current was going to be like when we reached the Cumberland River. This time of year, they lower the ...

Days 125 Bean Branch Creek Anchorage - Paducah City Dock Start 7:20 AM End 10:20 PM Underway 3:00 Hours Distance 16 miles Total Miles on Trip 2343 Av Speed 5.3 knots Locks 0 Weather Sunny, 62 Degrees, Wind 3Kn SE Today's run was a very short run, compared to what we have been doing. (Mostly because we pushed how far we went yesterday). We still chose an early departure so we would have time to explore Puducah. The docks at Puducah w...

Days 124 Little Diversion Canal - Bean Branch Creek Anchorage Start 7:00 AM End 3:40 PM Underway 6:05 Hours Distance 68 miles Total Miles on Trip 2327 Av Speed 8.1 knots Locks 1 Weather Sunny, 86 Degrees, Wind 6Kn SW Today's trip was a perfect example of flexibility. When we left Little Diversion Canal we did not have a firm destination in mind. We had a list of possible places to stop starting about 30 miles downriver ranging up 75 miles away. We r...