TN. Anchorage – Scottsboro, AL. - October 14, 2008

The anchor was up and we were underway by 7. We were at the lock at 7:10 and got in after only a 10 minute wait.

There are many of these railway lift span bridges along the way. Most of them have enough vertical clearance so we don’t need to have them opened. They are all manned 24 hours a day to be able to raise the span on request. The bridge operator sits in the little box on top of the center left bridge.




We passed Widows Creek power plant. It is the third largest of TVA’s 12 coal fired plants.












This is the biggest pleasure boat (ship) we have seen on the Tennessee river. Darrell thinks it is at least 100’ long.

There were a few things Darrell wanted to pick up at Home Depot. We knew there was one at Scottsboro and, since the marina there also had a courtesy car, we decided to stay there tonight. We were tied up by 1:30.

1 lock – total 92