ssloop: Guntersville - Joe Wheeler State Park

Thursday morning we began our trip back downriver. Our first step was to lock through Guntersville Lock. This locking went much smoother than when we came up through the lock a few days ago. (What happens in the lock, stays in the lock) Our port for the evening was Ditto Landing Marina where if you buy 100 gallons of fuel you stay free. (So we did). The Marina is next to a campground and bike trail, so we took a bike ride to check out the area.

We finally had decent wifi connection so we took the time Friday morning to catch up on some bookkeeping and downloaded some movies. Our run today was back to the Hard Dock Cafe Marina.

We enjoyed dinner and the band that night. The band played 80s and 90s Rock, Steve said they would have sounded much better if they played 70s music.

Saturday our destination was Joe Wheeler State Park Lodge & Marina. This will be our home for the next 6 nights as we attend the AGLCA Rendezvous. There are already about 40 looper boats here.

It should be a fun time meeting more loopers and learning about what lies ahead. That evening the Yacht Club hosted a "tailgate" party on the docks with chili, hotdogs and football.

Early Sunday morning we left on our bikes to find a church. We rode four miles to the nearest town of Rogersville where we attended the Rogersville Church of Christ. This service was very conservative and traditional. Sheli asked Steve where the organ or piano were, only to realize all songs were sung acapella. They had no instruments at all! Wow did that congregation sing loud and with lots of meaning. Due to a storm, we were stranded in town for a couple hours waiting for a "no rain" window to ride back home. We stayed pretty dry on the return and enjoyed stopping along the way to watch a dozen or so deer feeding by the road.

Ditto Landing Marina near Huntsville.