Monday Oct. 7 

0 miles 

We are back in Guntersville at the free dock. There is a nice bike path near the boat so we took the bikes out for a ride. While we were out riding George and Sandy (we met them when we stopped in Guntersville on the way to Knoxville) gave us a call and asked if we would like to go to Cosco with them. So off we went for the afternoon to Huntsville to do some shopping.

Had a nice quite evening on the boat.

 

Tuesday Oct. 8

8 miles 

Went for a walk down town and I got a haircut (I guess it was time after 3 months). The stylist blew dry my hair straight and Randy almost didn’t recognize me. He has never seen my hair straight and I told him neither have I.

At 1415 we decided to move to an anchorage a short distance away for the night. Not far from this anchorage carved in the stone wall is the following: Gen. Andrew Jackson 1813-1914, Ala. D.A.R. This inscription dates back to 1914 and is over a cave, now underwater, where supplies were stored for Gen. Jackson while he was enroute to the Creek Indian War.

 

 

 

 

Not far from this inscription there is a cave just above the waterline which is a sanctuary for the endangered Gray bat. At dusk, these bats fly from the cave to feed on insects. So we took the dinghy out and waited for the bats to come out. While there we found some other inhabitants of the cave.

 

 

 

 

Just past this cave was our anchorage for the night. Dropped anchor at 1520.