The Tennessee River

 we started day three much like day two "in the rain"

We left her secluded bay and made our way towards the river. As we travel upstream we were still able to make almost 8 miles an hour which is faster than expected. Fortunately the Tennessee River basin which covers 45,000 mi.² had not received the intense rains that occurred two weeks st. Louis to Indianapolis.

The river at this point is quite wide and relatively deep at 50feet.

Vivian was able to watch Netflix with the cell service we started out with but 20 minutes later the service got weak and the movie Marco Polo  was abruptly over.

The next oddity that we saw is this bridge to nowhere that apparently was this Bridge to nowhere now owned privately and there is a house built on the bridge approach.

If I'm not mistaken this is the grainery  that was on the river prior to it being flooded to make Kentucky Lake.

We noticed that this boat had a great loop flag on its bow so I called him on the radio and he indicated he had started the great loop in October 2015 from Texas and will complete the loop when he arrives at Mobile Alabama and approximately two weeks. It appeared it was just he and his dog making the trip.

I don't know if you'll be able to see in this picture but the pay curtain of rain is coming our direction.

Down with the old bridge and up with the new one.

Some kind of large industrial plant making what we don't know.

Her next obstacle was a CSX railroad bridge that is what they call a lift bridge. As you can see the bridge has been lifted to the level of the main highway so the lower deck where the trains run is out of service when boats go by.

The small little shack underneath the large building on top is where the operator stays all day. Looks like a pretty dreary place, but with a great view of the river.

Here you can discern the difference in the two bridge decks.

We're getting to see a lot of the underneath sides of bridges. This one is relatively new most are old and rusty and decayed.

Saw this as evening approached nice to see the bright colors.

Auto pilot is staring straight lines.

This little boats a little far away but it's classic hillbilly style!

You'll have to zoom in on this. Interesting location to launch a complaint.

I just love this sign for the marina at this location it's next to many houses on the river and looks like it could be a fun place

OK we are anchored and ready for the rest of the evening and a early start in the morning.

We close out the three again with a beautiful sunset!