After a week of R&R we started traveling again. Footloose and another couple of boats also took off today, but they were going much further than we wanted to, so left much earlier. We only planned on going a short way, so we slept in and left Green Turtle Bay Marina about 10.
A little history here. Barkley Lake is on the east side of the ‘Land Between the Lakes’ and was formed from the Cumberland River when the Cumberland Lock & Dam was built. Kentucky Lake is on the west side of the ‘Land Between the 
Lakes’ and was formed from the Tennessee River when the Tennessee Lock & Dam was built. The one mile Barkley Canal connects the 2 lakes.
We entered the Barkley Canal from Barkley Lake about 1 mile after leaving the marina, then traveled in Kentucky Lake about 40 miles until anchoring in a little cove called Cypress Creek. There were many little bays along the way and we see how people could spend much time exploring the area.
The cove is very pretty. There were some fishermen trying their luck when we entered, but they soon left.
We took the dinghy out for a spin. Beth was dinghy captain for a while, then Darrell took it out alone.
