Waiting out the storm and Paducah Bound

On day two of the Great Down South Loop (a.k.a. Quarantine on a Boat), we were woke up by a thunderstorm that rolled through about 4:00 AM. I was laying there dosing off and on letting the rain on the tin roof above us lull me back to sleep. And then mother nature jarred awake with a lightning strike that was no more than a quarter of a mile away. Fortunately it was the only strike that was close. I fell back to sleep until Charlie got up to make coffee.

The rain continued off and on all day. Which was the forecast, we planned to stay two nights here. We busied ourselves with some reorganization of the boat. walked the docks to look at other boats (a favorite pastime of boaters). Nice to have showers and facilities. But we were leaving just in time. The restrooms were to be closed on Wednesday, as a part of the quarantine orders. We are leaving Wednesday, so all is well.

Wednesday was a nice day, mostly cloudy. It would have been a warm day on land, but on the water it was cool. We had our sites set on Grand Rivers, KY were we would get gas and spend a night. Maybe order a pork chop from Patti's.

We made good time to KY lake. We found that fuel at Moors Landing was 72 cents cheaper, so we decided to stop a Moors Landing to fuel up. It was only 3:30. We called the KY Dam Lock to see about locking through this afternoon and we could head on to the Paducah City Dock. As usual the KY Dam Lock suggested that we go through the Cumberland Lock, which adds 20 miles to the trip to Paducah. KY Dam Lock said it would be at least a couple of hours before they could lock us through, and we felt like that was not a guarantee. We headed for the Cumberland Lock. The current was swift and we made it to Paducah a little after 6:00.

We got tied up and order a pizza and had it delivered to the top of the ramp. Life is good.