Thursday 9/20 – Saturday 9/22
After a delicious pancake breakfast, we weigh anchor and make way for Kenlake State Park Marina (mile41.9)which again has a park lodge with a courtesy car. With the temps in the mid nineties, the dip in the lodge pool is a welcome event. A visit from another looper couple, Ron & Sandy Lotz make for an entertaining time. Having done the Great Loop, they would like to sell their current boat and purchase a barge boat to cruise in the canals of Europe.(Hmm, maybe our next adventure) We discover that the marina is having an antique and classic boat show on Saturday, so we decide to spend another day there enjoying the pool. On Friday afternoon, we get a visit from Bob Duthie, author and producer of a video CD of the loop, and later Bob and his wife, Mavis drive us to have dinner where Royce and I experience our first taste of catfish, a common fish in these parts.
By Saturday morning, the marina dock is lined with beautiful powerboats with exquisitely varnished honduras mahogany and highly polished chrome trim. Among the curious lookelous voting for their favorite boat, we are delighted to discover that several other loopers some of whom we met at the Penetanguishene AGLCA Rendezvous have arrived by car for the show. After catching up about our trips and saying our goodbyes, Royce & I are invited aboard Bob & Mavis's Grand Banks trawler for a tour and info about the loop. After lunch, we depart for Paris Landing State Park Marina(mile64.4), with our route taking us out of Kentucky and back into Tennessee and marking the end of the LBL. We meet another looper couple there as well as enjoying the relatively new marina facilities with air conditioned showers and laundromat.

Shell Team Launching At Kenlake Marina

Classic Boat Show At Kenlake Marina

Puffin At Paris Landing