This is the historic town of Smithville and this gazebo was built on the site of a huge old tree that was lost in a storm or something. Next to it was an old house dating from the 1800's which I admired but forgot to get a picture of until we were past. Supposedly, many famous people in our history stayed there.
This limestone plant was really the only big industrial complex on this river and it was soon after the start of the river.
All in all, the trip down the Cumberland was the most relaxing by far and the prettiest overall. We only met 2 small tows on it and there was not the debris or the strong current to deal with like on the Mississippi or Illinois. We enjoyed the scenery and saw many blue herons. I finally got the picture I wanted of one....
Here We're approaching the Barkley Lock which was the highest one till now. There was one other boat in with us, so you can see the size of the doors as they were closing. It raised us 53 ft to Barkley Lake.,
After emptying us into Barkley Lake, we took a 1/1/2 mile canal over to the Kentucky Lake part of the Tennessee River. This was REALLY pretty with woods, hills, etc. We found this little cove to anchor in. When we got all settled at anchor, the man from this houseboat came over in his fishing boat. Bill Jorgenson, and he brought us crappie fillets he had caught and cleaned !! So, October 12, we ended here at anchor---a nice finish to a nice day.
