Grand Rivers KY

 We spent the last 2 full days here at Green Turtle Bay Marina in Grand Rivers, KY and it has been good for the soul. Yesterday morning I was the first one in the marina laundry and got 3 loads of wash done by mid-morning. I met a woman who is not a looper, but she and her husband live on their sailboat full time and they are going down the rivers to Florida. We ended up going over to her boat later in the afternoon and Tom and her husband did a lot of “boat talk”.  Hope we run into them again down the river…

After lunch Tom and I took Madison for a long walk around the property.  It is a full resort here with condos, 3 restaurants, a ship’s store, a small grocery and 2 pools. We discovered on our walk that there also is a beach, although not too inviting. We made a trip to the ship’s store where I found some treasures and Tom found a couple of things he needed for boat maintenance. Steve and Kathy had chicken stir-fry with us on our boat and we enjoyed an evening of lively conversation.

Last night we re-connected with Clark and Rosemary - friends from back in New York and all 6 of us went up to the Yacht Club restaurant for a nice meal. Today we used the courtesy van to drive to Paducah and made stops at Walmart, Home Depot and Kroger. We are all provisioned up for the next week!

We plan to leave here at 7:30 tomorrow, although it will probably be in the rain, and head 38 miles across the lake, through a canal to Kentucky Lake and spend tomorrow night at a state park marina.

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