Nov 11th, 12th & 13th Days112,113,114

We were in a couple of bays the last few days and had no phone or Internet service so here is an update from the sunny south. On the 11th we left Dry Creek and headed up the Tennessee River looking for a waterfalls at mile marker 217.8, well we found it but did not look like a good anchorage so we went a little farther to a place called Whetstone Branch and anchored there. We took the dingies back to the waterfall for a look see. Was real nice and we probably could have anchored there but it was not very big and our spot was nicer. I had to climb to the top of the waterfalls just to say I did it. Did some more fishing but not much luck. Traveled a big 8.8 miles today TOUGH DAY in paradise.
On the 12th we left the anchorage at 9:45 and headed upriver to Waterloo on the way there we were in three states in 5 minutes. It is where the state lines meet at Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi so with a little zig and zag we accomplished this feat. Waterloo had nothing and there was no place to dock so we headed back down river and anchored in Panther Bay on the opposite side of the Tennessee river. Big day we did 18.6 miles and we were directly across from where we anchored the night before. Dan did some fishing and caught cat fish and yellow perch. I was letting my finger heal which I slammed in the fly bridge sliding door, bleed for about 4 hours and is all black, finally got it to stop and put butterfly tape on it.
Today the 13th we entered Yellow Creek and the start of the Tenn Tom Waterway. We did a long 8.1 miles brings our total trip miles up to 2,664 miles and entered the state of Mississippi our 8th state. We stopped here because the next 25 miles there is no place to stop or anchor it is called the CUT. We will do that tomorrow and stop short of the first lock about 30 miles from here. The locks(10) from here are on request except for weekends where they open every one or two hours depending on the lock. It is a little cooler today and is calling for rain later this afternoon. Got to move south as they are calling for temps in the 20's Thursday night.

Lin & Rich
Goat Island
Tenn-Tom Waterway
Mississippi