Kingston

It was a nice quiet night in the cove just upstream of Watts Bar Lock and next to the old abandoned Watts Bar Resort. Woke up this morning to some fog, but it dissipated quickly. (By the time I took a photo, it was clearing up.) Another nice warm day with a slow cruise to the Clinch River and Kingston. (I finally read the charts closer, and learned there is an L in Clinch. lol). Very little current today, probably 1/2 kt. Did see a few more limbs and logs in the water, and passed through a few more small debris fields. Stopped at a marina early in the day for one of our fleet to take on some fuel. The Tennessee River did turn a lot darker as we continued upstream. Much more muddy in color. This area of the Tennessee River is called Watts Bar Lake. Seems to be a little more developed with more homes along the shore. This afternoon we turned into the Clinch River, and you could see where the clearer water of the Clinch was entering the muddy water of the Tennessee. Was even a very noticeable difference downstream where the water changed colors. I suspect that is where the "flooded" water has advanced to coming from the dams up river. We pulled into a quiet cove, shaped like Bullwinkle the Moose's antlers. We are in the left antler, lol, just across from the Kingston Fossil Plant. In fact, I'm not too sure the fleet is happy with my anchorage choice tonight. We are literally anchored between I40 and a power plant! Tomorrow we plan to go explore the Clinch River a little more. Probably spend a couple days on it before continuing upstream on the Tennessee River.Leggi altro