Paris Landing

We awoke to fog this morning, a first for this trip and it was very quiet and calm. The aft deck was great for tea & coffee this morning. The fog just meant we took it a little slower when we finally did pull out. Just a little up river we came across another dredger doing the same sand retention thing as the one yesterday – different company though. After the fog cleared the day was beautiful, traveling up river continued to be peaceful and uneventful. As we passed under the I40 freeway (driven on-top a few times) we entered the beginnings (or ending depending the direction you’re traveling) of Kentucky Lake. As we crossed where the Duck River fused with the Tennessee River & Kentucky Lake the waters really expanded, and will continue to be wide, like a lake, until we reach the Kentucky Dam, then the waters will become a river again. This area is called Land between the Lakes and is very popular in Tenn. and Kentucky for all outdoors enthusiasts.

We’ve passed a couple of pretty cool ruins today. Former bridges or pieced of them, one being the old L&N (Louisville & Nashville) RR and an abandoned dock just to the south of it.

We’ve arrived at the Paris Landing State Park for a couple of days. We decided we could use a day off from boating. Friday we got some good bike riding in; ‘up the hill’ to the mini-mart and across the highway to the restaurant at the hotel here in the park.