We locked through the Nickajack Lock about 2:30PM the afternoon before and stopped at Hales Bar Marina for the night. We were 40+ miles from Chattanooga and on Nickajack Lake, the first of the TVA dammed lakes in TN on the Tennessee River.
The ride from here into Chattanooga is called "The TN Grand Canyon" and is some of the most beautiful area of the entire trip. To our wonderful pleasure, we were still seeing most of the fall colors at their peak! The cruise was awesome and I only wish that the photos could really show the beauty that we saw. As we neared Chattanooga, the countryside gave way to more urban scenery and some magnificent homes along the River. We saw one gigantic white home with huge columns up on a mountain ridge that had 7, yes 7 chimneys!
We docked at Marine Max Marina, downtown Chattanooga, conveniently located near the TN Aquarium, restaurants and shopping. My brother and sister-in-law from SC arrived about the same time we did. After getting CRAZY EIGHTS settled in, we hopped in the car to drive north of Chattanooga to Soddy Daisy to check out Harbor Lights Marina, which was going to be CRAZY EIGHTS' new home for awhile. It wasn't as easy to get a long term slip here as it had been on the East Coast. The marina is on Lake Chickamaugua which will offer some nice cruising and anchoring next spring. We enjoyed a nice late lunch at local marina restaurant.
Thanksgiving Day we all a Holiday Buffet at the Sheraton Reed House in downtown Chattanooga. It was fabulous, though a bit pricey. We ate until we could eat no more. I do think we got our money's worth :=))
The weather had finally turned cold and very windy. The cold weather had been a concern since we were delayed in moving south after repairs. We were blessed with decent weather for the most part.
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