Sunday in Paducah

 Tom and I took Madison and walked to a quaint coffee shop in the Lowertown Arts District of Paducah, again about a 10 min walk from the boat. Clearly it is a neighborhood favorite and Madison greeted every person on their way in from our outdoor patio table… I had a delicious cappuccino and they serve homemade quiche on the weekends, so I got a piece hot out of the oven.  Yum!

When we got back, John, the harbormaster was ready to “move boats”. Several loopers had left this morning, and he was expecting several more to pull in this afternoon, so all of the men helped John move the boats up to the front of the dock by hand and re-tie them. It’s a great system and every day the new arrivals pull up behind the line on either the inside or outside of the dock.

Once that was done, the 4 of us tried to get. Lyft to take us 7 miles to a fancy  Bourbon store/tasting bar as well as Walmart to pick up a few grocery items.  No such luck…. John heard us talking about it and offered to drive us there in his personal vehicle when he finished work at 4:30, so we took him up on the offer.We had a couple of hours to kill before then, so Steve and I did some route planning and reserved marinas for the next couple of weeks while Tom and Kathy researched what was open on a Sunday to grab some lunch.  We settled on a Bourbon Bar real close to the docks and set off. It was supposed to open at 2 pm, but the door was locked. I peered in through the window, the owner saw me and came to let us in.  He said he was short-staffed so had decided not to open if no one came, but he was thrilled we were there.  We sat in a cozy, living room type setting and while the guys sipped bourbon, Bryan made Kathy and I slushy versions of one of the signature drinks.  He made a fantastic chacouterie board and we had a quiet, private  little happy hour.

John took us on our errands, so we are fully stocked once again. Several folks have been looking at the weather for tomorrow and it does not look like good traveling weather.  Very high winds, torrential rains, thunderstorms and possible lightening. Everyone who planned to leave tomorrow has decided to hunker down for another day and we will leave Tuesday instead. It meant moving our reservation at the next marina back a day, but they were able to accommodate us.


                                                       Bourbon Bar




                   Decorative sea wall to prevent flooding with the Queen of the Mississippi in the background

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