Paris Landing
After a fun movie night the two boats headed off to Paris Landing State Park. It was a 36 mile cruise thru the beautiful Kentucky lake. Kentucky lake is really the Tennessee river surrounded by numerous smaller lakes that flank it. There is endless coves and small side lakes that beg to be explored. The hills that line the river were in full fall colors although a bit muted due to the lack of rainfall.
Both a blessing and a curse. Good in that we have seen not only minimal rain but hardly a cloud for several weeks. Bad in that the fall colors are not the best and the water levels are at record lows. You may recall we are in a boat and it needs water to move. So we arrived at Paris Landing state marina and got settled by about 1 pm. We launched the bikes and went on both a ride and a hike thru the park. This marina was where the Looper Rendevous was held just 10 days earlier. They have a beautiful lodge on the property where the event was held. There was a number of Loopers in port so as usual Docktails were the order of the day. After dinner Razors Edge came over for a spirited game of left right center. They lost some of their laundry money to the crew of Next Chapter. Oh the sweet smell of victory!
Birdsong Creek
On Friday we both headed off up river but the crew of Razors Edge would continue further as they wanted to make haste to Florida. We had 39 miles to Birdsong Creek. When we hit the channel where the marina was located we began a very windy shallow 1/2 hour trek. The good part was it was beautiful. The bad part was if you wandered even a little out of the channel you immediately would run aground.
Good news we made it to the marina without incident. Once tied up Sue grabbed the loaner car and headed to Walmart to resupply. Once She returned we went to the Fresh Water Pearl farm onsite. Turns out Birdsong was one of the largest producers of fresh water pearls in the country. It was very interesting how the whole process was carried out. When we returned to the boat our UK friends on Tomijean showed up. We had not seen them in quite some time.
Well with all reunions we know what typically happens, and it did. We ended up having dinner aboard on Pilar which was a couple we first met in Cape May, NJ. Turned out to be a very fun evening.
Boating on Kentucky Lake is simple paradise. Adding the fall colors makes it just that much more. We get why there is numerous marinas to support the huge number of boaters that enjoy the lakes.
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