ssloop: Guntersville

Guntersville Marina has been our home for the last three days. We stayed here due to the weather forecast and we are pacing ourselves to arrive at the Rendezvous (2 travel days away) by Saturday. Luckily we are the only transients at this marina right now so we have had unlimited use of their courtesy van. (Also the nicest courtesy car so far - bonus)

Monday we drove up to Scottsboro to The Unclaimed Baggage Store. This store sells contents of lost and unclaimed airline baggage. Everyday they put out 7000 additional items, ranging from clothes, to iPads, to jewelry, to tools, to Pescription glasses and sunglasses, to sporting equipment (they even have a 10 foot paddle board. What a hoot! We picked up some DVDs to watch on the boat. A big storm came through at night. It was fun watching this from the back of the boat.

Tuesday we visited the Lake Guntersville State Park. We had lunch at the beautiful lodge overlooking Lake Guntersville. What an awesome view. We hiked the "Waterfall Trail" and while it was beautiful, we never found the waterfall. (Steve describes hiking as walking in a big circle to no apparent reason...but Sheli loved it). Our friends from Twelve Stones and Endeavor arrived at a nearby marina so we met them at Top of the River Restaurant for catfish at night. (No, Sheli did not eat catfish, she had a ribeye.)

Wednesday was catch up day. We went to town for provisions, gave the Pura Vida a bath inside and out and did some wash. In the afternoon we took a dinghy ride to check out some of the impressive homes along Lake Guntersville. While the weather turned out better than predicted, we thoroughly enjoyed our stay here.

I wonder if any of my clients goodies are here!