Day 42 – 43
On Friday morning, 10/23/20, we left Volunteer Landing Marina and continued upriver, to the mouth of the Tennessee River, where it begins where the Holston and the French Broad Rivers meet, just two miles east of Knoxville. This point was one of Steve’s goals to reach during our cruising.
Having reached this goal, we turned Legacy around and pointed her downriver for the first time in weeks, back through Knoxville all the way back to Fort Loudon Marina to hunker down for the impending heavy rains that were forecasted for Saturday, 10/24/20. We passed yet another Vol Navy parade heading to Knoxville for their second home football game in two weeks.
As predicted, the 24th was a total washout, so we used that day to run errands in the courtesy van and hang out inside the boat.
Position: N 35° 47.911, W 84° 14.259
Distance traveled: 45.1 NM
Total distance traveled: 659.9 NM
Time underway: 5 HRS 6 MIN
Total time underway: 84 HRS 48 MIN
Total marina nights: 34
Total nights at anchor: 9
Locks today: 0
Locks Total: 8