2023... Gosh where has it gone??? Part 3

 July

Summertime in Tennessee... ugh! Gosh it's hot! We decided some time back to do our cruising in the spring and fall. Summer is just so hot... you do nothing but burn fuel in the genset to sit inside most of the time. Not worth it. We can do that at the dock, plugged in. We make one exception, July 4th fireworks. The best show is at Paris Landing State Park, so we spend one night out.  

We crusied up to Leatherwood Bay on the 3rd, had a nice quiet breakfast the next morning. A group of Amy's family come to Leatherwood each year around the 4th. They cam out to meet us and play in the bay. We cruised up to Paris Landing in the early evening, anchored for the fireworks, then returned to Leatherwood for the night. Then Back home to Cuba Landing on the 5th!

We also made a nice day trip back to Mermaid Marina later in the month. John from pier 3 and his brother were in town for a week and took them on a boat ride!

August & September

August brought us dock drama (We are waiting for availability at other marinas to move) and 2 1/2 weeks back in Illinois to spend with Amy for her birthday, and her daughter's wedding. September has flown by, mostly working at the storage facility. 

2023... Gosh where has it gone??? Part 2

 April

We spent most of April working at the storage facility, and prepping for Amy's parents arrival on May 3 to join us for an 11day spring cruise.

May

We left out of Cuba Landing May 4, and returned May 14. Traveled up to the Barkley canal and up Lake Barkley to Bumpus Mills. Great stops at Buzzard Rock, Green Turtle Bay, Paris Landing, Leatherwood Creek, and Pebble Isle marinas. Spent a few days at anchor near some friends that rented a lakeside cabin as well! Just enough to remind us why did you buy another business and put off doing the loop this year??? 😂😅😆

Amy and her Dad soaking up some early spring sunshine!

 

Friends we met up with at Bumpus Mills, TN on the Cumberland River

 

At anchor on Kentucky Lake, visiting with friends visiting from Illinois.

A nice underway shot sent to us from another boater

1 of 2 brothers spotting us at anchor in Leatherwood Bay

We threatened the ladies if they didn't behave we would drop them here... they were not scared... Kentucky State Prison on Lake Barklay

The boat that sent us the underway photo above

Dinner at Buzzard Rock Marina

The other brother spotting us way in the distance, in Leatherwood Bay

XO Hard at work!

Breakfast!!

XO and her mom being 1st class passengers!

June

June was quiet, Amy went home for some family obligations, and I was away most of the month for a boat delivery. We will pick up with July in Part 3 >

2023... Gosh where has it gone???

 Up until Mid December of 2022, we were scheduled to shove off on Jan1 for a late start to The Great Loop. Well you know that old saying,when man plans, God laughs! I had been dealing on a self storage facility next door to our home Marina earlier in the year. Long story short, it landed in my lap at the last moment. The XO and I talked about it back and forth and decided to go forward, buy it, and put the loop on hold. 

 But wait... it is October... why are we just reading about this now? Well because I suck at having this many jobs I guess:) What have we been doing besides working and not posting anything you ask? Well here is a quick catch up!

March:

In March we took a break from working on the new venture to hose my Aunt Janelle and my Grandfather. Last grandparent left! He is 97 here, turning 98 later this year. This summer will be the first year he has not farmed. He kept 40 acres until finally selling and embracing retirement this spring. :) Well Aunt Janelle brought him down to see us from mid western WI, a long trip for both of them. Amy had towor the first day, so I took them to see some local sights, including Loretta Lynn's ranch, just a few miles away!

 

 

This was Grandpa's bobcat until 2013 when I bought it from him... He wanted to make sure I was taking good care of it!

The next morning we had a nice breakfast and made a little trip to Mermaid Marina, about 23 miles south of us. It rained a bit on the way there, so we stayed inside. Had a great Pizza lunch, then opened up the bridge deck for the ride back.  We gave Grandpa the Captain's seat and boy did he ever get a kick out of that.I had us on autopilot, and he asked well can you actually drive it... Sure I said, switched it off, and away her went piloting us back home. 97 years old and pushing for anew yacht Captain career! 😅😆😂 

Hopefully we will get the chance to head up the UMR and take Toscana to him next time!! 

Continued in Part 2 >