Hello Dear Ones . . . It is Friday, October 13. We have not had internet service all week. We are going to have to buy some sort of booster so that we can receive service in more places. All the tech stuff is very frustrating. Our trip got off to a slow start - The very first day we arrived at the first lock, entered and were told that the power had gone down. We sat in the lock for 8 hours before they could even close the door. We finally got down and arrived in Clarksville just at dark. Took us all day to go just a few miles.

Made Green Turtle Bay the next day. Left early the next morning and immediately ran aground. Seems that Lake Barkley is around 10 feet under winter pool due to human error. We thought we had lost rudder control and possibly an engine. We made it back to the marina on one engine, had the boat pulled. Thankfully, they found nothing wrong. Guess whatever was stuck in the prop fell out. We have a little vibration but have been operating OK since. There were many boat with major problems from hitting rocks and trees on the lake bottom so we feel lucky that our problems were minor.

We are now at Joe Wheeler and will be here for at least a week. Bill, Eva and Kathy Breedlove have been with us. Jim Breedlove is arrving tonight and we'll spend the weekend together. They are all leaving on Sunday and then Rob and I'll attend the Loopers meeting next week.

Our weather has been fabulous, except for a little cold and rain yesterday afternoon. We got through Wilson Lock just fine - after a 3 hour wait. I'll write more about that next week and post some pictures (if I can figure out how). It was a very interesting experience. Had no problems with Pickwick or Wheeler locks.

Will post more next week. Miss all of you.

Ann & Rob