There was some fog this morning, but we were in no hurry and before we were ready to leave it had burned off. We headed out of the lovely new Harpeth Shoals Marina and continued up river. It was another beautiful morning.
Since we had only about 18 miles to go we held the speed to about 6.5 mph and enjoyed the beautiful scenery.
About an hour up river we came to a shipyard where they build new barges. It appeared that they were about to launch a new tank barge. There was a whole crew under the barge that appeared to be checking that it was sliding properly on the ways. We decided that this was worth seeing and stop just up river to watch. Unfortunately they seemed to be having problems. The whole crew would hurry to one of the ways disappear under the barge, then spread out again, then gather in another spot. After half an hour of watching we decided it might be all day and continued up river.
We again had butterflies hitching a ride. There were four of these interesting little fellows that took a free ride.
The country side coming into Nashville has lots of rolling hills and is very scenic. Although it was a lovely day on the fly bridge it was getting near 90 and we had to turn the generator on so the deck hands could have some AC. We had reservation at Rock Harbor Marina for three nights and pulled in about 12:30 to the fuel dock and got a pump out, the fuel tanks are still well over three quarters.
After the pump out we went all the way into the furthest dock and got into our slip. Rock Harbor used to be a stone quarry, thus the name. It is almost circular with a narrow opening to the river. Here is a picture of the edge looking across from our slip.
Rock Harbor is where we moved the van to on Saturday, so after we got settled in we went grocery shopping and found a laundry. Not real exciting, but part of traveling. We had shrimp dinner on board and turned in early.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
The next two days are days ashore. We looked at the guide books for what to see in Nashville and decided it was far more than we had time for. So we picked a couple for today that were not far away and left others for tomorrow.
Our first stop was the Cheekwood Botanical Gardens and art museum. This former estate of one of the Maxwell coffee company has an interesting collection of art work and a permanent loaned collection of Faberge items. It is amazing.
They also have beautiful grounds with a huge variety of plants and trees. The pictures say more than I can.
After a quick lunch (and rest for the feet) we went just down the road to Belle Meade Plantation. It was started in the early 1800s and run by four generations of the Harding/Jackson family. (No relation to either President Hardin
g or Jackson.) It early on became a thorough breed stud farm. It came to an end 100 years later when Tennessee past prohibition and outlawed gambling, killing the horse industry, plus health issues of the family member in charge at the same time.
The day could not have been better the high temperatures and humid finally broke. We had low 80s with dew points in the fifties. It was a great day to be outside.
While we were relaxing and resting four tired feet, the crazy deck hand that normally sleeps all
day and roams all night decide it was time to explore. He must have heard us say that the couch was a hide a bed, so he tried to hide in it.
After relaxing we walked to the other end of the marina to the Blue Moon Lagoon, a floating restaurant within the harbor. We had an excellent meal sitting outside enjoy the beautiful evening.
Another great day, we are learning to enjoy retirement.
The next two days are days ashore. We looked at the guide books for what to see in Nashville and decided it was far more than we had time for. So we picked a couple for today that were not far away and left others for tomorrow.
Our first stop was the Cheekwood Botanical Gardens and art museum. This former estate of one of the Maxwell coffee company has an interesting collection of art work and a permanent loaned collection of Faberge items. It is amazing.
They also have beautiful grounds with a huge variety of plants and trees. The pictures say more than I can.
After a quick lunch (and rest for the feet) we went just down the road to Belle Meade Plantation. It was started in the early 1800s and run by four generations of the Harding/Jackson family. (No relation to either President Hardin
g or Jackson.) It early on became a thorough breed stud farm. It came to an end 100 years later when Tennessee past prohibition and outlawed gambling, killing the horse industry, plus health issues of the family member in charge at the same time.The day could not have been better the high temperatures and humid finally broke. We had low 80s with dew points in the fifties. It was a great day to be outside.
While we were relaxing and resting four tired feet, the crazy deck hand that normally sleeps all
day and roams all night decide it was time to explore. He must have heard us say that the couch was a hide a bed, so he tried to hide in it.After relaxing we walked to the other end of the marina to the Blue Moon Lagoon, a floating restaurant within the harbor. We had an excellent meal sitting outside enjoy the beautiful evening.
Another great day, we are learning to enjoy retirement.
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