ROOFS OVER ROOFS

October 17, 2011 Dateline: Counce, TN USA

Got up early this morning and left Clifton Marina at 7:45 AM to travel 58 miles to Grand Harbor Marina in Counce, TN.  The trip down the river was again uneventful, but today it was really pretty.  The limestone cliffs along the river bank were outstanding with the prominent out crops of limestone.  Lady Finger Cliff was one of those out crops.

Houses along the river range from mobile homes to mansions on high bluffs. Many mobile homes were parked inside of portable garages. (804) I suspect that the reason for this is that the portable garage keeps the hot sun off of the metal roof of the mobile home.  This one was parked under a bridge so I am not sure how effective it was.

Along the way down the river, I passed the Shiloh Battlefield.  Nearly 150 years ago Federal Gun Boats were on the river, where I passed, and pounded the Confederate troops during the night of April 6, 1862.  Rich, Carol, Wayne and Francine are planning to go to the battlefield tomorrow.  There were more than 23,000 soldiers killed, wounded or missing in action when the two day battle was over, that was about 1 of every three involved in the battle

I traveled through one lock at Pickwick Landing.  The lock has a lift of 57 feet.  The lock is massive, this picture shows MY WAY as it is about to enter the lock, MY WAY is the white dot in front of the lock.

The houses on Pickwick Lake are very impressive.  As I exited the lock these houses were located on a high bluff on the left bank of the lake.

The houses matched the size of the Pickwick Lake.