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Trip Day:
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205
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Latitude:
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36° 09.72 '
N
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Locks Today:
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0
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Miles Today:
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38
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Longitude:
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086°46.39 ' W
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Locks Total:
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94
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Total Miles:
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4,322
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Location:
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Nashville, TN - Downtown Docks
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Well, it wasn’t exactly raining this morning but there was so much water in the air it was just dripping. All boat surfaces were wet and the interior is damp and cold with condensation on all the windows and ceilings. Amazing how the weather effects one’s mood! If we weren’t so close to Nashville we would probably have just stayed at anchor, snuggled under a blanket and spent the day reading. Instead we chose to lift anchor and head east to the city.
Even the eagles knew it was a day to simply hunker down and endure, but despite the misty, ominous weather the cliffs and small waterfalls were picturesque.
Through the gray skies the Nashville skyline continue to grow larger as we made our way to the city docks at the foot of Broadway Street across from the Titians Stadium. Our view from the boat included the riverwalk and river art.
After a walk to the visitor’s center we were armed with maps and bus routes. There is no denying this is the Music Capital. Every nightclub, saloon, restaurant along Broadway and the side streets had live music booming into the street. We settled on The Wild Horse Saloon for dinner, live music and, of course, line dancing lessons.
It was a fun atmosphere, but we were glad to return to the quiet of the boat. The pedestrian bridge glowed overhead as we settled in for the night to rest up for tomorrow’s sightseeing
MONDAY, OCTOBER 1st - HARPETH RIVER
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Trip Day:
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204
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Latitude:
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36°17.63 '
N
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Locks Today:
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1
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Miles Today:
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44
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Longitude:
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087°08.39'W
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Locks Total:
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94
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Total Miles:
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4,284
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Location:
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Harpeth River Anchorage
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It rained most of the night and we awakened to a damp, gray morning. The forecast was for more rain and the highs in the sixties. Ron donned his raingear and made preparations to get underway, having decided to travel unless visibility became a problem. Marc, lead boat for today, tried to call what he thought was a tug on the VHF. When we got closer we realized it was a Navy Landing Craft, not something you see everyday on the rivers or elsewhere. With a little research I discovered that the USS LST-325 was launched in 1942. In 1944 she was part of the largest armada in history in the Normandy Landings at Omaha Beach. She carried 59 vehicles, 31 officers and 405 enlisted men. The LST-325 was decommissioned in 1946 and is normally docked in Evansville, IN. 
As we continued, we took turns steering and being inside to take the chill off. We were unable to enjoy any of the beauty surrounding us on the Cumberland today due to the rain, so we will have to appreciate this section on our return trip after visiting Nashville. We will definitely stop at Clarksville on the way back. It had a very welcoming town dock and riverfront walk as well as a large marina. We were not sure what this building was at the entrance of the marina, but we will find out next week.
As we pulled into Cheatham Lock, named in honor of an early settler, J.R. Cheatham, it was still raining lightly. It is simply no fun to secure lines on a floating mooring posts in the rain! Cheatham Dam is a “run-of-river” dam. Its purpose is to hold back only enough of the river flow to operate the lock and to generate electric power. There were beautiful bluffs along this stretch—we will take the photo op on the return trip. A little before four o’clock we spotted the mouth of the Harpeth River which we had chosen as our stopping place. When we reached the anchorage pool we saw that the power cat, Copacetic, was already resting at anchor. If we could have seen through the rain I am certain we would have appreciated the beauty of this peaceful little cove—perhaps tomorrow!
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