Monday Sept. 30 

28 miles    Louisville Landing Marina to Little TN River mm#5.5

We pulled out of Louisville Landing marina at 1115 to start our ride back south/west. We now have to back track about 400 miles to get to the Ten-Tom River which will take us south. There was a partly cloudy sky with a temperature of 77 degrees. Since we are now going down stream our speed will increase and so will our fuel economy. Along this section of the Tennessee River not only are the houses bigger so are the boat houses.

 

We passed pastures, cliffs, and also had a glimpse of the Great Smokey Mountains in the distance.

 

At 1300 we stopped for fuel at Fort Loudoun Marina which is right next to the Fort Loudoun lock. Pulling into the marina we noticed this triple decker house boat. I’m not sure how long it was but it sure filled up the slip it was in.

 

After fueling up instead of going into the lock we took a side trip into Tellico Lake. This lake was formed when the Fort Loudoun Dam was put in. This is also called the  Little Tennessee River which starts in the Great Smokey Mountains. Along this stretch of water we saw several silos which are a reminder that much of what is under us used to be farmland before it was flooded when the dam was built. We went up about 5 miles and pulled into a cove at 1430 to anchor for the night.