9-17-18 9-18-18 Missing Mail and Thirsty Turtles,
It was suggested to me to say what city we are near so my readers can find us on the map. Great idea except that there aren’t many towns that you could find easily but I will try to give you something close. This area we are in is the North End of Kentucky Lake. Near Barkley Dam and Kentucky Dam. Close to Paducah, KY.
We anchored our first night in the area in Nikkel Bay on Barkley Lake with Bob N Along. As usual it is hot again, but this time we get to swim to cool off. It felt so good. We grabbed our Noodles and a drink and Bobbed on over to Bob N Along. They joined us, and we sure had a nice time being cool and talking while floating around. Doesn’t get any better than that.
We are only a short distance from the Green Turtle Bay Marina, so in the morning when we get in we have a full day to get the dirty deeds done. We reserved the car for 11:00 am. Because we shared with Bob and Natalie, we had the car for 4 hours. Not only did we grocery shop but ran many little errands and got everything done we needed. We were expecting 3 pieces of mail but only had one at the desk when we checked in. While we were out I received a call from the desk telling us they found a piece in the office. We stopped on our way home to get it, but they said it wasn’t there and told us to try the store. I went to the store and found #2 of 3, then checked back into the marina. Yes, in fact the third piece should be at the office. The guy from the office who told me it wasn’t there happened to be in the marina and offered to take me back up in the golf cart as it was a little hike. Low and behold there it was. Three parcel all address to the same place and they all ended up at different locations. Sometimes you just can’t win.
Did Laundry, traded books at the lending library and headed right for the pool. We met some locals who shared some of their knowledge about the Bahamas. There were many Loopers there, but it was just too darn hot to stand out on a dock to enjoy each other’s company. It was decided to try the next day, but we would be gone. We knew quite a few already but would have liked to have met more.
That evening I got a text from Kirt and Pam our high school friends we have bumped into once in Key West, and once in Land O’Lakes, Wisconsin. They asked if we were in Paducah which they saw on Facebook. They were going to be there that night and wanted to catch up with us. We had to leave the marina because they needed our slip. We said so long to Bob N Along. We anchored around the corner in the Bay where the Thirsty Turtle is located. Turns Kim and Kirt’s campsite was 5 minutes away. We dinghied in, met them for dinner and drinks and had live music outside. None of these encounters were planned, we just keep bumping into each other and we couldn’t have planned them better. Love this couple they are a lot of fun and are traveling by Motor coach.
Will move to Kentucky Lake tomorrow.
Thanks for reading,
Karen and Scott
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