Sat, Nov 8 - Clifton Marina

After pulling out of Pebble Isle Saturday morning we continued our trek down the Tennessee River where it narrowed down to a size much like the Mississippi, but not so muddy. The scenery was pretty incredible in places as you can see in the photo. There are also large wildlife preserves along this portion of the river.

Our destination for the night was the Clifton Marina in Clifton, TN, home of world famous, Pulitzer prize winning author T. S. Stribling (you can look it up - hint: it was 1933). This is another highly recommended marina by Skipper Bob who has so far never let us down. Sonja here is the person who does it all, from running the marina to whipping up the best shrimp, hush puppies, and white beans this side of Paducah.

Sonja loaned us her personal car (i.e., Lincoln Navigator) to drive into Clifton so we could tour this incredible town that is all of five blocks wide by eight blocks long. A grocery the size of a large 7-11 is the local store, BUT..... Jack Nicklaus designed a total of seven golf courses in the U.S. , and believe it or not one of them is right here in Clifton, TN. They even built a small airport so Jack could get in and out while he was doing his golf course work.

We only saw one home with a for sale sign in front of it, so the economy here must be way above the average for the rest of the country.