GOAT ISLAND, AL TO BURNS ISLAND, TN

Monday, September 22nd, 2014

Day 49
Miles Traveled: 68
Total Miles Traveled: 1300


  We started our morning with a beautiful sunrise at Goat Island, AL.  We don't seem to tire of seeing these sunrises. 

Sunrise at Goat Island, AL

  Shortly after passing Goat Island, midway up the cliff, is a carving for Gen. Andrew Jackson.  It reads:  "Gen. Andrew Jackson 1813-1914, ALA. D.A.R.  It is over a cave where supplies were stored for General Jackson while he was enroute to the Creek Indian War.  The cave is underwater, but, the carving remains. 

Carving in cliff - Gen. Andrew Jackson

  

  We cruised almost all of the Guntersville Lake in one day.  Two common themes on this lake were nice boat houses and invasive aquatic plants.  Unfortunately, hydrilla and water milfoil are widespread on this lake and have caused many of the embayments good for anchoring to become useless.  The plants get in the water intakes for the engines and can cause them to overheat.

Boat houses on Guntersville Lake

Island of hydrilla and water milfoil

  Just before reaching our anchorage spot for the day, Burns Island, we got a good view of the part of the Cumberland Plateau mountain range.  Lookout Mountain, near Chattanooga, TN, is part of this mountain range.

Cumberland Plateau mountain range

  
  It was a cool day after the day prior being very hot.  What a difference a day makes!  We wore sweat shirts and long pants all day and had a North wind on the helm that kept us cool all day,but as you can tell from the pictures, it was a beautiful blue sky day with vistas that we never tire of.