Chattanooga Overnight Stay

We arrived in downtown Chattanooga around 3PM Wednesday afternoon, August 22 and we were in awe from the time we arrived until we left on Thursday.  It was a great ride, nice temperatures and breeze.  The cool front was moving through so the next few days will be beautiful blue skies and great traveling weather.

The mountains are still abundant and filled with greenery.  Whether you are traveling by interstate 24 or by water, a familiar site as you approach Chattanooga is the I-24 sign saying Chattanooga to the right and Atlanta/Knoxville to the left.  The difference when traveling on a boat, the river takes a sharp turn to the left while the interstate turns right to Chattanooga....

I-24 Sign showing Chattanooga is just around the bend

Within a few minutes, we start to see the sites of downtown -- the Aquarium, the Dinner Cruise Riverboat, huge bridges and other beautiful sites.  There will be more pictures in this story than words but I know many of you prefer picture books anyway!!!

Chattanooga is certainly set up to accommodate boats and many other water activities in the downtown area.  Wish Nashville would wake up and do something similar.  There are 3 nice areas to dock your boat that are behind locked gates that will hopefully keep you and your boat safe from vandals.  We chose to park at the "bluffs".  There is electric power for your boat, shade from the trees along the water and benches to sit and enjoy the scenery.  We got tied up, checked in, got the gate code so we could get back to our boat after a leisurely venture downtown.  It's always interesting when the lady that checked us in told us which gate to "NOT" go into after dark because there have been some folks mugged....and worse.....then she gives you the non-emergency phone number to the police.  Well she got my attention  - but it was 9PM and just gotten dark when we got back to the locked gates.  And since we were closer to the gate we were warned to NOT go thru, Gene decides that we will go down that dark pathway to the locked gate.   We both have the gate code and try it multiple times -- it didn't work.  I kept looking back to make sure no one had followed us down the dark path....no one had.  I finally said, let's go to the other gate -- I turned around and started leaving - Gene was right behind me.  We finally got to the other gate but we had to walk probably a mile, behind the Aquarium, down to the waterfront and back to the other gate that was lighted and locked.  There were some homeless folks there, but no one bothered us.  Luckily the gate code worked there -- we quickly closed the gate behind us and went to the boat.  Whew -- we were certainly glad to be back safely.

Below are several pictures we took as we arrived in Chattanooga, and as we started our walking tour of the downtown area -- scoping out a place to eat supper.  It was time to start sight-seeing and enjoying the night.

Aquarium, one of the first sights as approaching Chattanooga

Big Riverboat Dinner Cruise Paddle Boat

Hunter Museum of American Art overlooking the Tennessee River downtown

See UT Chattanooga Ladies Canoe Team Practicing before going under the Bridge

Cloud Nine Enjoying her New Home for Tonight Along the Pedestrian Bridge Downtown Chattanooga

Captain Gene trying out our New Vol Navy Flag.  Looking good.....

Standing on Pedestrian Bridge Taking a Photo of Cloud Nine

Late Afternoons in Downtown Chattanooga are busy with boaters, Paddleboards, Kayaks, Swimmers, etc.

Coast Guard Boat in Center watching UT Chattanooga Swim Team as they Swim in River

From Land to Sea to Air --- birds are also flying high in downtown Chattanooga

Always looking for a unique and beautiful sunset picture

Hair-A-Blowing but still a gorgeous start of a sunset with Our Boat Nestled Nicely Between us below......

Beautiful lights on the bridges downtown

Beautiful Chattanooga City Lights and Our Cloud Nine Showing off Her Lighted Beauty

We had a nice evening taking pictures, having dinner at Sticky Fingers and being tourists in Chattanooga.

We have been to Chattanooga many times in the past, but going by boat was a truly unique adventure.  We spent many weekends at softball tournaments watching our daughter and her team "put-a-hurt" on many other teams.  She also attended and graduated from UT Chattanooga - so we spent a lot of time in this city and have enjoyed it every time we went (except the few times where we lost softball games, and as parents, it took us a long time to get over that loss).

 It was time to wind down and call it a day because tomorrow was another day in our adventure -- 14 days into our trip and we have another 180 miles to go...…

Lake Guntersville through Nickajack Lock

Tuesday August 21 we left Goose Pond Colony Marina with our sights on returning to the great state of Tennessee in the South Pittsburg area on the TN River.  We haven't been in Tennessee since
August 12 (for 9 days we were in Mississippi and Alabama).  Although we had a great time and experienced a lot of rain and wind, we were glad to see sunshine again which also happened to be the day we arrive back in Tennessee!!

The ride from Goose Pond Marina to Hales Bar Marina was beautiful with lots of green hillsides, but that was about all that area had to offer for almost 30 miles.....we saw only 1 boat the entire 30 miles.

Our view for the first half of our journey today

The only boat we see for the first half of our journey today

Once we pass under a railway bridge and under some electrical lines, we are now back into Tennessee and the landscape changes significantly.

Railway Bridge right before we pass from Alabama into Tennessee

Aerial Lines that denote You have Arrived in Tennessee!!  No "welcome" signs on the water!

Eight miles after these aerial lines, we arrive at our next lock, Nickajack.   After we go through this lock, we start seeing lots of great scenery.

Entering Nickajack Lock

I'm sure you think all locks look the same, but let me assure you, every single lock we have gone through has had a separate set of circumstances and challenges associated with it.  We were in and out of this lock pretty quickly.  Nickajack Lake is the 2nd shortest lake on the Tennessee River, but it has some incredibly interesting tidbits we will share in our story (you're welcome!).

Seven miles after going thru the lock, we arrive at our next marina for the night, Nickajack Resort and Marina.  It was formerly called Hales Bar Marina, which was the location of Hales Bar Lock back in 1913, but after the lock was completed, there were issues with it leaking and it was decided it was more cost effective to build a new lock than repair that one -- so they built Nickajack Lock and Dam in 1968 and closed Hales Bar Lock; however, the old Hales Bar Lock still stands in the water today.  The Marina store is below.  It is more run down in person than it is in the picture.  Look at the chairs on the front porch!!  It did have good wi-fi, a covered slip and nice folks there.  It could use some serious updating....

Hales Bar Marina now named Nickajack Resort and Marina

Below is the old Hales Bar Lock and Dam that is falling apart but still stands in the River.

Old Hales Bar Dam still standing in the middle of TN River

Sign on the Old Hales Bar Dam -- Hope you had a Dam Good Time...

Below is the huge stage on a barge Chattanooga uses for their big summer concerts downtown.  They move this huge stage on a barge 30 miles to downtown Chattanooga.    

Big Stage on a Barge used for Concerts in downtown Chattanooga

On Wednesday morning, we left Hales Bar/Nickajack Resort and Marina.  Within a mile of leaving the marina, there is a 10-mile stretch of river known as the "Grand Canyon of the Tennessee".  The similarity to the Grand Canyon out west is that the mountains are huge and the very tall rock formations and valleys here on the TN River look similar except the ones here are covered in green trees. The river gets very narrow; however, the river also gets as deep as 135 feet.  We typically ride in about 12 feet of water.  The reason the river is so deep is that the river follows an ancient earthquake fault.  it is also in this area that the river has many changes in the current with swirling waters.  In the "old days", this part of the river had numerous boating accidents as the waters became uncontrollable because of the unusual and unpredictable currents.  The waters are not that way today -- at least not in our experience.

See Rocks near top of Mountains and beautiful greenery and Trees

Also the houses in this area are right on the water and are very pretty but not too big and gaudy.  This is one home we thought looked especially nice.

Nice home on water front

Within another 10 miles of seeing the gorgeous homes, mountains, rock formations and water, we enter Eastern Time Zone -- we now know Chattanooga is coming up soon!!  As we approach Chattanooga, we see a plethora of different sites and scenes we haven't seen before.....you'll have to wait for the next story for those details.  We had a "hoot" in Chattanooga.  The downtown area, lighting, sunrise, sunset, etc was incredible.

Lake Gunnersville --Last Night in Alabama -- Tennessee Here we Come Back

WE ARE NOW HALF WAY TO OUR DESTINATION -- KNOXVILLE, TN

We pulled out of Ditto Landing Marina about 9:30AM Sunday morning and headed toward Lake Guntersville and our next night's stay destination of Goose Pond Colony Marina in Scottsboro, AL -- a 44 mile ride.  It was cloudy but no rain expected for the day.

Within a few miles, we encounter a sight we haven't seen - a plane that can land on the water.  We didn't know if us driving in the middle of the TN River was keeping them from landing or if they were just out enjoying the day, but it was neat to see.

Water Plane flying above us on Lake Wheeler Near Ditto Marina

This beautiful bluff called Painted Bluff,  marks the end of the Cumberland Plateau. It is more than 350 feet high and is one of the highest bluffs on the river.  The gray and gold colored rock was amazing.

Painted Bluff Signifying the end of the Cumberland Plateau

As we often see as we start getting close to a Lock, the river gets narrow and the current picks up quite a bit.  One of the last things we wanted to see was a barge coming toward us when the river is narrow....well as luck would have it, here it comes.  We were so close to it, I hollered out the window and asked if they "had any Grey Poupon".  I realize there may be several readers that don't know what that means -- but there was a mustard commercial years ago where a "person riding in a limo" drove up next to a car, rolled their window down, and asked the car next to them if they had any Grey Poupon (which is fancy mustard) so they could make a sandwich.  Probably not funny to you if I had to explain it...…  But it was hilarious to us.  A close passing....

Meeting Barge in Narrow River Channel -- Too Close for Comfort

 A few miles after passing the barge, we were getting close to Guntersville Lock.  Since we had such an encounter with the last lock we went thru with a 4 hour wait, lightening and 40mph winds, I called the Lockmaster before we left the marina on Sunday morning to see if he knew of any barges coming through that would delay our trip.  He said there were none coming  and to call him about 15 minutes before arriving at the lock and he would have the doors open for us......well that's exactly how it happened and we pranced into that lock like "we owned it".  Within 20 minutes, we were through the lock and on our happy way into Lake Guntersville.

Cloud Nine Inside Guntersville Lock

Look at the "turbulence" in the water as we are being lifted 84' inside the lock.  That water MOVES quickly

We are now in Guntersville Lake and it is absolutely gorgeous.  This lake is at least 2 miles wide in many places, is the 2nd largest lake on the Tennessee River and has hundreds of amazing homes on the water with beautiful boat houses.  It's a Sunday afternoon so boat traffic is heavy, coming from all directions.

Amazing houses on the lake shoreline

Our next stop for the night is 8 miles past the Dam, Goose Pond Colony Marina.  This marina is known for their plants that grow in the water, Hydrilla and milfoil that float all over the water and this marina is covered with these plants.  They look like huge Lili Pads to me.  They are pretty, but you don't want to get them caught up in your motor props.

Picture of Hydrilla and Milfoil on the water

We got a really nice covered slip and will stay here for 2 nights.  We were scheduled to stay only 1 night, but with the storms coming in, we prefer to be protected in a covered slip. The best thing about staying here is that we got to meet up with a friend of ours that we met at our home marina, Kenlake. He just moved here 2 weeks ago and it was fantastic to catch up with him....borrow his car to go to the laundry and grocery and to mouch off his wi-fi.  Gene had "crashed" our I-pod and inadvertently deleted 8,700 songs from our I-pod.  He felt the world had come to an end.  Luckily we used our friend's wi-fi and re-installed the songs from the laptop to the I-Pod.  He had to upload the songs twice because the first time he uploaded them, he selected "Japanese" as the chosen language.  We had to delete the songs and re-load them using "English".  We didn't know if the song titles would be in Japanese or the actual songs would be sung in Japanese!!!  Now they are re-loaded in English and  we are ready to set sail and move up the river.

Brentt on the left, our friend from our home marina, Kenlake

 Here is tonight's sunset from Goose Pond Colony Marina in Lake Guntersville.  The clouds on the left were fast-approaching and I made it back to our boat 2 minutes before the bottom fell out with heavy rain.  It was worth scrambling back to the boat to get a beautiful picture.

Beautiful sunset from Goose Pond Colony Marina.

As always, we run into someone on the dock that has completed the Great Loop.  This picture shows the boat to our left that has traveled over 25,000 miles in his boat...they did the loop, Bahamas, and many river systems (like the TN River) that they have completed.  They took the Cumberland River to Nashville, TN about a month ago for 10 days and had a great time.  They've been to Knoxville and gave us some recommendations on where to stay and what to do.   Their boat is now for sale as they want to go out West and will likely get a motor home for their next adventure.  We love talking to folks on the docks that have experienced traveling on the water like we are loving right now.

Boat to our left has traveled over 25,000 on the water

 Our plan is to leave Tuesday headed for Nickajack Resort and Marina near South Pittsburg, TN then into Chattanooga by Wednesday.

Love my Captain......Love Cloud Nine...

Ditto Landing Marina - Huntsville, Alabama 1-Night Stay

As we continue our adventure, we rode 56 miles today from Lake Wheeler Marina and State Park to Ditto Landing Marina in Huntsville, Alabama on the Tennessee River.  We left Lake Wheeler about 9AM and arrived in Huntsville about 2PM.  I am so excited to have access to internet -- I'm writing 2 stories in 1 day!!!  The good news was -- no locks to travel through today, but we will have 1 lock tomorrow getting into Lake Guntersville. 

I forgot to post a picture of our boat at Lake Wheeler Marina in yesterday's post so am including it now.  In perspective, we are the small one on the left!!  I've always heard great things come in small packages and that certainly rings true in this picture!!  The boat on the right was our boat neighbor that had a visit from the raccoon in Lake Wheeler.

That's us -- Cloud Nine on the left -- Concrete Idea on the right.  

Lake Wheeler is very pretty and the houses are right at the water.  Boat houses are a big thing here.  I could be happy living in one of these boat houses -- many of the houses here are huge.  The skies looked like they were going to drench us all day, but luckily we didn't have any rain at all.  About 11 miles into our excursion we see Browns Ferry, one of the world's largest nuclear generating plants.  It was impressive.  

Brown's Ferry Nuclear Plant near Decatur, AL

As we get closer to Decatur, Alabama, there are industrial plants everywhere along the shoreline.  There are lots of barges ready to be loaded and shipped throughout the US.  It was a very busy area.  We also came across a railway bridge that only had a 9.8 foot clearance.  We are small in comparison in our boat picture above, but we are proudly 11.5 feet tall so we had to call the "bridge tender" and ask him to raise the bridge so we could go under it!!  We felt so big!! 

Railway Bridge We had to have Raised

Another very interesting area we passed in Decatur was what I am calling the "barge garage".  For whatever reason, they store barges in this covered garage.  Who would have thought a barge needed to be in a covered area.....not me.

 

The Barge Garage -- look at the big opening in the center.  There is a barge in there....

One of the last, and funniest, things we saw in Decatur was the sign below proudly saying "Decatur, Home of Meow Mix"!!  It was a huge operation and they were actually loading a barge just upstream and all we could smell was "cat food".  Shew that was stinky in that large quantity!!

Meow Mix Plant in Decatur, AL

A very familiar interstate that many of us in TN and AL frequent is the infamous I-65 Bridge located in Alabama at about MM 336.  We actually called our grandsons when we got under that bridge and facetimed them so they could see the big trucks driving over the bridge while Mimi and Grandad were in our boat under the bridge.  They thought that was really neat and will give them something to talk about every time they drive over that bridge. 

I-65 Bridge around Mile Marker 336 in Alabama

After we went under the I-65 bridge, the scenery changed from all industrial to total scenic with only trees and flat-lands or small hills.  It was a beautiful ride the rest of the way into Huntsville.

Beautiful scenery from I-65 into Huntsville

Then it was time to settle in, write a few blogs, take sunset pictures and order pizza delivery from Marco's Authentic Pizza.  I've never had it, and it was fantastic.  They delivered it to us at the marina.  Now that's great southern hospitality.

Here's one of our favorite sunset pictures of the night.

Sunset at Ditto Landing Marina in Huntsville.  Gorgeous end to a Picture-Perfect Day

Pictures like what we have shared today are a primary reason we are doing what we are doing.  Traveling the river is so amazing and every day is an adventure.  So love this trip we are on.  Hope you are capturing a glimpse of the beauty we see every day.

There is also a campground here and the smell of campfires burning is amazing.  Love it.

Well it's 10PM and the raccoons are also here at Ditto Landing Marina.  Holy crap that raccoon is about to climb onto our boat.  It's time to take the trash can downstairs and hunker down!!!

Love my Captain.....Love Cloud Nine …..Don't Like Raccoons.....

Next Stop is Florence Yacht Harbor Marina and Lake Wheeler State Park/Marina in Alabama

I have not had access to internet so this story is delayed.  We left Aqua Yacht Harbor Marina on Tuesday, August 14, and stayed in Florence for 2 days then traveled to Lake Wheeler Marina on Thursday, August 16.   This story starts on Tuesday when we left Aqua on Pickwick Lake.

We had a nice peaceful ride through Pickwick Lake, we didn’t see many houses at all – just hillsides and trees…very quite and peaceful.. The closer we got to Florence, the terrain changed significantly.  The river channel got narrow and shallower, and there were lots of trees and rocks in the water outside the main river channel.  We arrived at Florence Yacht Harbor Marina about 1:30 PM.  It was horribly hot and the overnight/transient slips are uncovered.  We asked nicely for a covered slip for 2 nights to help keep us in the shade and they were able to accommodate our request – thank goodness as it was 95 degrees and very humid.  The pier we stayed on had some big boats and a very nice private patio area on it complete with a big screen tv, huge sofa, big eating table and a kegerator - - yes that’s right an ice-cold keg.  The owner of this private patio told us to help ourselves to the patio and drink all the beer we wanted.  Did we mention boating people are THE BEST – well that is an understatement!!  All the beer we could consume with HD tv included?  We didn’t want to be rude so we took him up on his offer!!  We were in heaven and thought we might never leave, but then we realized we had a “bucket list” agenda to get to Vol Navy so we decided to get back to “our reality” and keep on task of getting to Knoxville.  

Kathy :Tapping" into the Keg for a "cold one"

Take a gander at this awesome patio on the water -- Keg to the right!!

We completed a few housekeeping chores the next morning then took the courtesy car to town to get a few groceries.  By Thursday, we were back on track and headed toward Wilson and Wheeler Lakes.  Completing those tasks meant we had to venture through 2 HUGE locks in 1 day but we only had 20 miles to travel.  The first lock was Wilson Lock which raises you 95 feet and takes about an hour to get through that lock.  We made it through that lock fine.  Wilson Lake is the smallest lake on the Tennessee River – being only 15 miles long. It is also the deepest Lake on the TN River; however the Lock is the largest on the TN River.  

"Arrival Point" is where boats wait for the Lock doors to open so we can enter

Into the Lock we go -- kinda intimidating -- it's 95' to the top

While we were in the Lock, Gene’s brother calls and says he has a package we had ordered through Amazon (a new stereo for the boat) and he would meet us at a small marina in Wilson Lake and get it to us.  Gene was excited since neither of us can sing or hum worth a darn so having s stereo was just what we needed!! Within an hour we were back on our way – headed for Wheeler Lock.  We arrived at the lock at about 1:30PM Thursday … we called the Lockmaster letting him know we were needing a lock through.  He responded and told us it would be about a 4 hour wait as he had a big barge coming through and they take precedence.  We were flabbergasted and challenged that we would have such a big wait….what would we do ….how in the world would we occupy our time for 4 hours just floating on the water….well we saw storms coming so we put our big covers on and we took our snap-on carpets out of the cockpit so they would not get wet when it rained.  We then talked and laughed about our “favorite moments” of the trip so far (let me assure you, this was not one of our favorite moments waiting 4 hours).  About 3 hours later, we notice 4 more boats racing for the same lock we had been waiting on for the past 3+ hours.  Finally, the huge barge was through the lock and we could all enter the lock.  It is now 5:30PM and the lake has white-caps from the 40+ mph winds and lightening is streaking all over the place.  It was total chaos for all of us to get into the lock and get tied up.  We got tied up after a couple of tries, but 2 of the 5 boats in the lock never got tied up and they were having a very hard time keeping their boats in place because of the high winds inside the lock and the turbulence that is made within the lock.  We finally made it to the top, 72 feet later, the doors opened and everyone scrambled out of the lock.  By now the rain is blowing sideways in sheets.  We only have 3 miles to get to Lake Wheeler Marina and Resort and finally get there about 7PM.  It was a very long day with the 4+ hour delay at the Lock, then we spent about 2 hours drying the boat out from all the driving rain. Needless to say, we didn't have time to take any pictures of this lock -- we were in survival mode.  However, it’s never too late for Docktails, so our Boat Neighbors invited us over for a drink or two and a nice visit.  They have lived on their boat for 11 years and have traveled wherever they want to go – the oceans, rivers, Bahamas, Canada, wherever they decide to go “today”.   Just when we thought it was time to go to bed, we see racoons on the dock!!  They had come to see what “goodies” the boaters have left in their trash cans!!  We saw them get onto the back deck of the boat beside us, turn over their trash can and take a whole bag of trash off their boat and go through it.  I Didn’t realize our trip would include “coon hunting”, but it is just another story in our Adventure.  Needless to say, we slept good last night!! 

Raccoon eating leftovers of a meatball sandwich!!

Saturday is another travel day that will take us about 56 miles to Huntsville.  Once we reach Huntsville, we will be half way to our destination in Knoxville….

Love my Captain….Love Cloud Nine…

Paris to Cuba -- What a Ride.-- Then to Aqua Yacht Harbor Marina

Our intent was to leave Kenlake Marina on Thursday, August 8, but storms, wind and lightening delayed our departure until Friday, August 9.  We left Kenlake with low-lying fog, but cleared up by the time we arrived in Paris (this would be Paris Landing Marina, not Paris, France).  We left Paris and the weather was gorgeous.  Within 30 minutes, there were huge storms and lightening at Paris, in our rear view mirror.  We then pulled up weather on our phones to see huge storms in front of us although everything was completely clear on radar up until then.  We stopped and put our windshield covers up so we wouldn't get soaked.  We were more anxious about the lightening than the rain.  We watched radar until we lost internet connection, then we had to look "the old fashioned way" which is to look at the storms and see which way they were moving in the sky.  They were coming toward us from behind and in front of us.  We decided to move forward as we rather get hit from behind with rain rather than get hit in the face with the rain.  We did this for about an hour, then the rain moved past us and shockingly we avoided getting wet at all that day.

You can see the clear spot where the storm passes over the river to the left/east letting us pass thru

We were on our way again toward Cuba (that's Cuba Landing Marina, not the country) which was our destination for the night.  Our first 76 miles were in the books.  They had the friendliest and most helpful staff making sure we were taking care of in every way.

On Saturday, we headed south toward Clifton Marina (another 45 miles).  The weather was perfect, and we saw a lot of ski boats and fishing boats enjoying the day.  The scenery changed significantly as the river narrowed and houses built on stilts dotted the shoreline.

Kathy's side of the boat with Tweety Bird sun visor and beverage

Captain Gene enjoying his beverage and new Coozie!

Gorgeous Sunset at Clifton Marina 

Sunday morning we were headed out again for our first venture through Pickwick Lock.  There was an hour wait for a barge to lock through so we had a little time to kill.  The Lockmaster told us we could tie up and wait for him to lock us through so I sat on the front of the boat with a lifejacket on for an hour holding the boat wth a rope on a tie-off.   It was blazing hot, but my Captain kept my thirst quenched with lots of bottled water.  Finally we made it through the lock and were on our way to Aqua Yacht Harbor in Mississippi.  It was nice to not have to travel today and just relax getting our blog updated and doing some tidying up in the boat.

Inside Pickwick Lock waiting for the doors to open

  

The Lock Doors are open and we are "Outta Here"

We are now in Pickwick Lake.  What a beautiful, huge and busy lake on a Sunday afternoon.  We had another 12 miles (about an hour) to get to Aqua Yacht Harbor in Mississippi where we will stay for 2 nights.

We have spent a lot of  time walking the docks and enjoying looking at all the huge ocean-going boats.  It's a great place to see boats of all sizes and shapes, new and old..  This is a hub for many boaters that travel the Great Loop which takes you through the Tennessee River, down into the Gulf of Mexico, around south Florida, up the East coast, through Canada and the Great Lakes, into the Ohio River -- making a complete loop-- thus the name Great Loop.

At this marina, we parked Cloud Nine next to a boat we had been following their blog for over a year.  We had not met the couple, but we recognized their boat and boat name!!  That was exciting and the owner was still here so we spent an hour talking with him last night then he came back to see us today so we visited again for another hour.  Boating people are "the best".  We thoroughly enjoyed talking with him about his travels to Florida, Bahamas, East Coast, and Canada.

Aqua Yacht Harbor is a huge marina with over 600 boat slips and a dry dock holding over 200 boats in storage.

Picture of "dry dock" storage area

We will leave for Florence Marina in Alabama tomorrow.  We have not had decent internet access since we left which is why we are delayed in updating the blog.

More to come in a couple of days.

Love my Captain.....Love Cloud Nine.