October 2, 2009 - November 11, 2009

October 27 at Big White Ski Resort
Meghan A Few Days Old
Big Brother Liam 2 Years Old
Bass Boats
Fish Weighing
Look at What We Came Home To
Pebble Isle - We are leaving the boat at Pebble Isle. Randy from the marina has rented his father's car to us to go home. This marina is excellent and we have met a few boats that have done the loop before and have given us some information on where to stay etc. Always fun to get together at 5.00 P.M. for the impromptu cocktail hour which has so much food that you don't have to cook dinner. This weekend at Pebble Isle there was a bass fishing tournament. What an event? We did not realize that you have to qualify at this tournament to move up to the next tournament. These people are professional fishermen or women. On Sunday we went to Jackson, Tennessee to visit Fay Holloway, Danny first met her in Alaska. On Monday we headed north, made it to Duluth the first day and arrived home on Tuesday morning. We will be in Canada until mid November.

While we were in Canada we went to Kelowna, British Columbia to meet our new granddaughter Meghan Rhys Calder who was born on October 16, 2009 weighing in at 7 lbs.4 oz. She is a keeper and a real good baby. We were there for two weeks and only seen her eyes a couple of times.

While in British Columbia we went to see our ski chalet and boy did they have snow already. It is only a 45 minute drive up the mountain from Kelowna and what a difference in temperature.

Looking forward to getting back to the boat and to begin our adventure. Tropical depression Ida is giving the boaters some wind and waves, hopefully we will miss it. We are leaving our home in Thunder Bay and heading back to the boat on Thursday, we will provision the boat and hopefully start the trip again on Sunday, November 15.

October 1, 2009

Safety Fence the Hydro Towers so the Fishing Boats Do Not Tie to Them
Perfect Women for Danny Out for a Morning of Fishing
Paris Landing State Park to Pebble Isle Marina Mileage 96 - In the morning it was beautiful so we took another walk around the park before we left. Made our way to Pebble Isle and decided this is where we are going to leave our boat for our trip home. Danny has been busy making car rental arrangement. Difficult to make a rental to bring into Canada.

September 30, 2009

View of the River from the Park
Sign at the Entrance to the Marina Park
Sign at the Hotel
Clay Bay to Paris Landing State Park Marina Mileage 66 - It was a cool morning with a heavy fog in the morning. Sun burned fog off by 8.00 a.m. Paris Landing State Park was a beautiful park to walk around. Clean with lots of amenities. Stopped in the restaurant for a root beer float. Notice the signs in the park, it is illegal to have alcoholic beverages and hand guns but is okay to dump your sewage tanks into the river if you had a chemical to kill the bacteria. Go figure.

September 29, 2009

Cypress Tree
Autumn has Arrived - Colder Weather is Starting to Change the Leaves
Encountered a Few Weeds While Taking the Dogs to Shore
Sunset on the Tennessee River
Kenlake State Park Anchorage to Clay Bay Mileage 54 - The temperature went down this evening to 47 F. Morning was sunny but cool. The water has gone down from 81 F to 74 F and is quite muddy due to all the rain and winds. The scenery is much prettier here with bigger trees and bluffs. This is the land of Davey Crockett and Daniel Boone. The fisherman came and asked if we were staying the night as he was stringing his nets across the entrance of the bay and they are only down about 2 1/2 feet. True to his word he was back at 6.30 a.m. to lift the nets so we could leave.

September 28, 2009

Rough Water on the Tennessee River
Kenlake Hotel Conference Centre
Kenlake State Park Marina
Sugar Bay Mileage 34 to Kenlake State Park Anchorage - High winds all night with a lot of rocking and rolling and it continued to be windy all day. Water was on the rough side but not has bad as Lake Superior where we heard the waves were 18 to 20 feet. Mid 60 F in the morning and warming to 70 F in the afternoon. Feels cold. We went to the park in the dingy for a walk. These state parks come complete with marinas, camp grounds, pools, golf courses, restaurants and hotel conference centres. Not like our provincial parks.