DHL Meeting House Branch

Still a little chilly last night at 39. But today was sunny, slight breeze, and up to 70. Bill and I pulled anchors at 8:30a and dropped them again in Meeting House Branch at 1p. Bill figured we only had 60 miles left of lake shore to explore, and now planning on loading out on Monday, we are only doing 15 miles a day, and then stopping by 1p. Today we spent some time going around Trooper Island and then entered the Wolf River section of Dale Hollow Lake. Looks like the Kentucky State Troopers have a pretty nice family camp. Appeared to have several cottages, a couple covered boat slips, a picnic area, and some canoes/kayaks. Looked like possibly a pool too. There was a small ferry barge at their ramp, probably to bring work vehicles on to the island. Saw a Bald Eagle along the shore perched in a tree watching us. Found some kind of floating buoy on one beach. Then near where we are anchored, there is a beached warning buoy. We decided to bow anchor and stern raft like we did yesterday. I peddled my kayak around about 3 miles while Bill covered much the same area in his Kaboat. Another thing we’ve noticed is how much trash is along the shoreline, especially within the timber. Wonder where most this stuff ends up when the water is higher at summer pool? Got a message from Mike today. He got home last night. He said that the lake has risen about a foot with the rains the other day, and that the boat launch dock we used, had about a 6 foot length of foot deep water between it and the ramp. Hopefully the park will adjust their dock for this weekend’s traffic, before we come back in on Monday. One last note, I was able to adjust the shift linkage on the kicker, so it has reverse again! Read more