Today was a sailing day. The trip through the Grand Canyon of the Tennessee was lovely - a nice breeze, and not too hot. We'd never seen the Canyon before, so just watching the banks slide by was a treat. And everybody loves to see the Delta Queen, so they're out waving and taking pictures. It didn't start getting uncomfortably hot until about lunchtime - so that worked out well.
We went through two locks, Nickajack this morning, and Guntersville just about the time we were sitting down to dinner. We had a program after lunch about "reading" the river, learning the markers, and about the rivers we'd be sailing - the Tennessee, the Ohio, and the Mississippi - 700+ miles in all.
We got in a bunch of bridge this afternoon. We've been changing partners after every round, and Al has been skunking the rest of us for three days. Today we finally found a chink in his armor. We'll probably not be able to knock him out of high, but at least he's not on the winning side of EVERY rubber anymore.
John and I are taking the morning tour tomorrow to the Huntsville Space Center. Ann & Al are going on the Alabama History tour in the afternoon. We are scheduled to leave at 8:30 a.m., so we can't have a long, leisurely breakfast. I hope the morning is as pleasant as it was today.
Today's picture was taking while sailing through the Grand Canyon of the Tennessee River, just downstream from Chattanooga.
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