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On Wednesday, May 15, we went from Sale Creek to one of the best anchorages we've seen...Martin's Light at mm 548.2 on Watts Bar Lake.  But the journey was not without "issues."

This time the issue was a Coast Guard barge traveling upstream.  We hailed the Watts Bar Lock as we were about an hour out to see how their day looked for lock throughs.  Turns out this barge, Garyville, was just now getting to the lock and the lock master anticipated it would take about 4 hours to get it through.

YIKES!  We were close to Sewee Creek by that time and decided to just anchor there for a couple of hours (sigh) before making our way up the lake. 

Maggie thought we should be more playful during this break and was ready with the ball...

After about an hour and a half we got antsy and decided we should be up there in front of the lock well before the barge job was done.  Good thing we did.  As it turns out, it only took about 3 hours for the barge to be moved through in sections.  We swirled around for about 1/2 hour before the lock doors opened for us and one other PC (pleasure craft) or REC (recreational boat) to go through.

Another long day, but, as I said in the intro, we were rewarded on our last night of anchorage with a beautiful spot.

View as we were leaving Sale Creek on Wednesday....




The following three pictures were taken at the Martin's Light anchorage.  They don't do it justice, but still will help us remember the place....

And leaving the anchorage the next morning as the sun rose...

And calm waters for our trip home...

In addition to Thursday, May 16, being the culmination of this trip, we also celebrated having put 12,000 miles on this boat during the time we've owned it (since 2014).  That number is recorded on upper right corner of our Raymarine display.  Having already put 10,000 miles on our previous boat, SEGUE, that brings us to a whopping 22,000 miles traveled on water in the past 16 years!