Sun, Nov 9 - Aqua Yacht Harbor

Sunday we traveled the remaining miles on the Tennessee River to our next overnight stop at Aqua Yacht Harbor on beautiful Pickwick Lake. On the way down we saw a lot of great homes built right on the edge of the river bank, and sure enough, just like in California, parts of the mansions were getting washed down into the water below. In the picture above you can see parts of the fence lying on the bank just above the water line.

Our last lock before we left the Tennessee was Pickwick, which is another 55' lift with bollards to hold our boat in place. This sure is a lot easier than hanging onto lines dropped down from above.

Pickwick Lake is a great vacation spot for the well-to-do from all around this area (and other parts of the country as well, I'm sure). Two of the best known marinas in this section of the country are Aqua Yacht Harbor where we stayed with a couple of other boats we had met during our travels, and Grand Harbor Condos and Marina pictured above. Grand Harbor is expanding rapidly (well, it was until about a year ago), but you can see from the condo building in the picture that this probably doesn't appeal to the folks who are affected by the ups and downs of the economy.