Rogersville, AL

We have been attending the America's Great Loop Cruisers' Association (AGLCA) Fall Rendezvous at Joe Wheeler State Park in Rogersville, AL, for the last four days. The Lodge is beautiful, the weather has been superb, and the seminars very informative. Last Saturday we attended a Fall Festival in the small town of Rogersville and enjoyed an antique car show, wonderful live music, and a chili cook-off! 

Last night we went to a KGB concert in town that was lots of fun.

But our stay here is mostly about the people....we have met so many great people since we started cruising the Loop last April, and many of them gathered here at Joe Wheeler. And now it's time to say good-bye. Perhaps we will see them down the waterway in Florida. But regardless, our memories are good ones that we will always cherish.

 Fireplace at the Lodge

 Fun cruisers....

 Our Nashville friends, Jim and Olivia, with Blueberry and Raspberry, came by car for a few days and brought us Kate's ashes.

 Hank and Ceci were our "boat buddies" when we first crossed to the Bahamas in 2007.

One area of the marina. Snow Cat's royal blue bimini is way to the left. We are one of the smallest boats here.

Something that I forgot to mention was the bass fishing tournament in Florence where we stayed last week. On Friday morning by 6:45 am, 142 bass boats, that were launched in the dark, were milling around in the water off our boat, waiting for their fishing tournament to begin. At 6:50 they played the National Anthem, and then started calling the boats, one at a time, by their number, and they zoomed out onto the river, heading to their favorite fishing hole! That's 142 numbers, called individually, over a loud speaker. The poor folks that had the last number! Not a good time to be a hungry bass in the Tennessee River!