We left Chattanooga on the Monday, October 17th with Teresa's mom Bailey on board. Traveling west, we stopped at Hales Bar, Goose Pond, Ditto Landing and Riverwalk Marina in Decatur.
The night before Bailey's departure, we hosted a little dinner party on GREAT ESCAPE with Bailey and the friends we met at Joe Wheeler State Park who keep their boats at Riverwalk. Once again, Dr. Joe Backe and his wife Kathy were gracious enough to let us use their slip while their boat is undergoing repairs.
Teresa prepared a wonderful dinner and we managed to squeeze 10 people on board for dinner - a new GREAT ESCAPE record. The only downfall of the evening was that Donald had lost a wager over the Florida-Auburn football game and had to wear an Auburn Tiger jersey all night (his skin is still itching).
Teresa's mom departed for home on Friday, October 21st and we returned to have another wonderful dinner hosted by John and Jan Clemons on their boat DAZE OFF. John smoked chicken on his $10,000 smoker (hey, that's what I was told it cost. John is a precision machinist owning his own company and made the smoker himself and it is amazing).
Saying goodbye was difficult, as always, but Shipmate went into a depressed state because he missed the attention provided by Bailey and John. We stopped for one night at Joe Wheeler to say hello to fellow loopers gathering there for the fall rendezvous and than continued on to Iuka, MS where we joined the Tenn-Tom, which will be continued on the next post.
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| Heading toward Decatur, we locked down with this 52' vessel, which was being delivered by a captain single handed. He only had fenders rigged on is port side, so he needed to enter the lock and turn around. In this picture and the following sequence, we are leaving the lock and you can see him turning again so that he can follow us out. |
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| Does Bailey feel the vultures? |
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| John Clemons telling a story and Kathy Backe not sure if she believes him |
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| The Boyz with their new best friend |
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| JoAnn Hyde and Jan Clemons enjoying a laugh |
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| The men enjoying a beverage |
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| Mufasa telling John a secret |
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| Auburn 17 - Florida 6 |
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| The ladies and Stan Hyde |
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| Joe Backe and John |
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| Please, take me home with you |
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| Please do not count the dead soldiers |
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| Bailey at the airport. Why can't all travelers look so good? |
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| Heading for the plane |
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| Teresa and Jan the next evening on the dock |
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| John, Bob and Stan - It was a little cooler this evening |
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| It was a little foggy up river when we left Decatur. Luckily we were heading in the opposite direction |
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