The Cumberland River flows almost 690 miles through Tennessee. The navigable portion is 381 miles and ends at Celina. However, today we will travel along the river for only about 33 miles. The Cumberland snakes its way through a pretty region, a peaceful, gentle river, ultimately taking us to Lake Barkley and Green Turtle Bay Marina. This is our final travel day on the Great American Loop.
Leaving the Cumberland Towhead at 8:30 AM
Back out to the Ohio river, around the bend and we are on the Cumberland River
Smithland KY
Looking at Smithland Lock and Dam on the Ohio River
Such a change from the Mississippi River
Land for Sale
Traveling with Pura Vida and Freedom
Tugboat working the river....lots of barges along the banks
Large commercial area
Interesting watching the truck dump his rock
Bissell Bluff
Good morning Howard Corse....Pine Bluff AR
Barges unloaded
Barges loaded.....so low in the water
Super Stone Towboat ready to take them down river
Jerry Jones collecting his load
I-24 Highway.....how many times have we traveled over this bridge
We are almost to our marina
Eureka Highway.....blue bridge
Barkley Lock and Dam with a 57 foot lift
We have sat up there and watched the river traffic
Towboat with his load goes first.....PCs wait @ an hour
This is one of the newest locks we saw
Pura Vida
Freedom
We even had a towboat in our last lock
Captain....we have completed 98 locks
Lake Barkley
Don't cut the corner....follow the channel
Barkley Lock and Dam
Green Turtle Bay Marina
We have completed the Great American Loop.......1907 miles this season makes it a total of 5907 miles we have traveled in 428 days......
No....we don't know what we want to do when we grow up.......
