SCOTTSBORO, AL TO GUNTERSVILLE, AL

Tuesday, September 30th, 2014

Day 57
Miles Traveled: 19 
Total Miles Traveled: 1449



  Since we didn't have far to cruise this day, we slept in a little, until 7:30am.  It was a very hazy morning, but cleared off by noon and was a beautiful day. 

Leaving Goose Pond Marina

  We arrived at our destination for the day, Guntersville, AL, just before lunch.  Had leftover crab cake and shrimp and grits from "The Docks" restaurant at Goose Pond Colony Marina - very tasty.  

  After lunch we walked almost 1.5 miles to the Guntersville Museum.  Why did we walk this far for a little museum?  We enjoy walking and seeing the towns that we visit and walking is our chance to get some exercise.  And, often, you find one or two interesting things along the way.  This is part of the fun of the journey we are taking. 

  The Guntersville Museum is housed in an old military armory.  The building was built just prior to World War II for Company E, 167th Infantry Division and was constructed using local rough limestone.  It has displays/exhibits about Guntersville history.  We learned that Will Rogers, the famous humorist, was the great grandson of John Gunter, the city's namesake.

Guntersville Museum (in old military armory building)

  

  Our favorite exhibit was " Miss Guntersville Lake".  No, this wasn't about a beauty pageant; it was about a 12 foot aluminum fishing boat and its captain.  Since Sept of 1967, Bill Harris, aboard "Miss Guntersville Lake", has traveled 55,000 miles (over twice the circumference of the earth) on the Tennessee, Cumberland, Ohio, and Mississippi Rivers.  Mr. Harris became known as "Mississippi Bill" and many of his trips are chronicled on the boat.

Miss Guntersville Lake

inside boat - journeys chronicled

  We will only be traveling a fraction of those miles on our Great Loop Adventure.