Tuesday Oct. 1 

61 miles    Little TN River mm#5.5 to Tenn. river mm #547 

It’s now October and it sure seems strange not to have to think about putting the boat away for the winter. The weather here today was 77 degrees and partly sunny. We pulled out of our anchorage at 0910 and headed toward our only lock of the day. Upon arriving at the Fort Loudoun lock we were told it would be a 2 hour wait. We dropped the anchor and waited till they put a tow and several barges though the lock. Since we are going down stream we will be dropping in the locks from now on. We are traveling along the same way we had come only a week ago but that day was misty and overcast so this time we got to see a lot more of the landscape.

 

Great Smokey Mountains

 

We found out it’s not just in Knoxville that people really get into the Tennessee Volunteers team colors.

Even the fenders are orange on this boat.

 

 Maybe the football team should use this to scare their opponents.

 

 I was surprised the T wasn't orange.

 

 This one I couldn't resist. Orange dirt in Tennessee!

 

At 1700 we stopped for the night in the same cove that we had anchored in on the way to Knoxville.