Another Tennesee River Landscape Image, 
We left Goose Pond in the rain at 9:00 Monday morning but we only had 20 miles to travel to Alred Marina in Guntersville, AL. This is the most expensive marina yet with 1.25 per foot for slip fees and diesel at $3.49. I'm glad we do not need fuel. They are a Loop sponsor and Tom had them order a replacement HW heater circuit breaker so we’re staying for one night. We used the courtesy car, drove to Wal-Mart, and purchased a few items, one of them being a weight scale because Tom felt like he was losing too much weight. What’s up with that??? His clothes did seem to be hanging on him and with his past cancer we’re always cautious. He weighed when we got back to the boat and he hadn’t lost as much as he thought. I’m not even going near that thing. The river front seafood restaurant where we just had dinner was everything fried- fish with hush puppies and corn bread, not to mention the brownies and cookies we always have on the boat. Low cal, I’m sure. The rain has stopped, however it ‘s supposed to be partly sunny tomorrow with rain again in the forecast for Wed & Thursday.
We traveled 52 miles and 1 lock today (Tuesday 10/13/09) to Riverwalk Marina located in Decatur, AL. Here is a picture of a clever restaurant name; "Hard Dock Cafe". We had a beer and checked out the menu which specializes in blackened catfish. They have 10 courtesy docks and I think on a week-end this place rocks!! Since it was a downpour, we fixed dinner on board. The marina leaves a little to be desired. They do have room for a couple of larger boats but mostly it caters to 26' or less. No fresh water available where we were, no WIFI, no cable TV, no laundry or showers. Just a tie up and electricity. Oh well, on to Joe Wheeler State Park tomorrow.
We left Goose Pond in the rain at 9:00 Monday morning but we only had 20 miles to travel to Alred Marina in Guntersville, AL. This is the most expensive marina yet with 1.25 per foot for slip fees and diesel at $3.49. I'm glad we do not need fuel. They are a Loop sponsor and Tom had them order a replacement HW heater circuit breaker so we’re staying for one night. We used the courtesy car, drove to Wal-Mart, and purchased a few items, one of them being a weight scale because Tom felt like he was losing too much weight. What’s up with that??? His clothes did seem to be hanging on him and with his past cancer we’re always cautious. He weighed when we got back to the boat and he hadn’t lost as much as he thought. I’m not even going near that thing. The river front seafood restaurant where we just had dinner was everything fried- fish with hush puppies and corn bread, not to mention the brownies and cookies we always have on the boat. Low cal, I’m sure. The rain has stopped, however it ‘s supposed to be partly sunny tomorrow with rain again in the forecast for Wed & Thursday.
We traveled 52 miles and 1 lock today (Tuesday 10/13/09) to Riverwalk Marina located in Decatur, AL. Here is a picture of a clever restaurant name; "Hard Dock Cafe". We had a beer and checked out the menu which specializes in blackened catfish. They have 10 courtesy docks and I think on a week-end this place rocks!! Since it was a downpour, we fixed dinner on board. The marina leaves a little to be desired. They do have room for a couple of larger boats but mostly it caters to 26' or less. No fresh water available where we were, no WIFI, no cable TV, no laundry or showers. Just a tie up and electricity. Oh well, on to Joe Wheeler State Park tomorrow.
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