Day 123 – Thursday, October 14, 2010

088° 00.347’ W
35° 23.152’ N
Clifton Marina (day 3)
(Mile Marker 158.5 Tennessee River)
Clifton, Tennessee

The harbor was busy early with most of the boats leaving for other ports of call. It was fun watching some of the larger boats maneuver to get out of their tight quarters. A total of nine boats departed. Everyone helps each other and there are lots of good byes and parting remarks as they left the harbor.

Dragonfly a solar powered Erie Canal long boat arrived late afternoon. They move slow but keep catching up with the pack. This is the fourth time we have encountered each other, three times in a marina and once in a lock on the Ohio River.

Tonight dinner was soup made in a crock pot by a fellow looper on the covered deck and all the loopers joined together for the feast.

Tomorrow we will leave Clifton and move closer to Joe Wheeler State Park. The talk at present is to anchor out about 40 miles from here.

The weather continues to be good. The nights are cool and the days are warm with an abundance of blue skies.