Day 45
Since Monday, 10/26/20, was a short travel day, Steve let me laze around that morning, so we didn’t leave Euchee Marina until 10:00 am. We went back through Watts Bar Lock smoothly and without incident. The Watts Bar Buzzards were again lined up on the lock wall to watch our passage. Very odd! We’ve not seen buzzards at any other lock, so far.
We noticed the water level was noticeably down when we arrived back at the Sale Creek anchorage from its level when we’d anchored there a few weeks earlier. We arrived about 3:00 pm and sat up in the flybridge for beverages and to enjoy the sunset. We also got to ‘enjoy’ being waked repeatedly by fisherman in bass boats also inhabiting our anchorage. They would just zoom right by our boat at top speed, not the least bit concerned with the effects their large wakes would have on Legacy and her occupants. Each time we get waked hard, I shout out “We’re on the high seas!” because that’s exactly what it seems like.
Position: N 35° 22.054, W 85° 03.988
Distance traveled: 40.5 NM
Total distance traveled: 748.7 NM
Time underway: 4 HRS 20 MIN
Total time underway: 94 HRS 22 MIN
Total marina nights: 35
Total nights at anchor: 10
Locks today: 1
Locks Total: 10