We stayed at a beautiful anchorage other Loopers had told us about. The water level in Kentucky Lake, as I had mentioned before, is at a very low level so many anchorages are too shallow to get in to.
This is supposed to be a 360 degree picture, but blog.spot won't let it post that way! I should have done a panorama.
We took the dinghy to shore and went swimming to combat the 90+ degree temperature. The water so SOOOO nice and cool.
Dragon flies are everywhere here. This little guy found his way into our boat and decided our pillow was great camouflage!
On our way to the Dry Forks anchorage, we went under a few pretty bridges. This was my favorite.
Lots of long islands stretch along the shores of the lake.
This is actually a reservoir and it has wonderful coves all around the shore, some deep enough for us and some not so deep! It is hard to think of the communities, homes, and businesses that had to relocate when the dams went up. We sure appreciate the transportation that the dams and locks provide to commerce as well as pleasure craft (or PC’s as the lock masters refer to us).
One of the many bays along the lake. This one is so large it has homes and marinas along the shore.
Our beautiful anchorage at Dry Forks.
We've begun to see more houses...(thought I'd forgotten about my love for houses, didn't you :) )
...Some in developments...
...And some alone. Aren’t they beautiful?
And some on the hills overlooking the river
And some condo type
So many interesting sights along the way.
The bridge to nowhere!
The bridge to nowhere!
Not sure why the bridge is gone, but the ferry business has improved
Just past the bridge to nowhere and ferry landing is an interesting old “dock” -- not connected to shore and not even close to shore. I couldn’t find any history on the area so the imagination goes wild! What stories can you come up with?
More unknown history - we think this is all part of an old dam and lock.
A most interestting sight - notice the difference in height between the front and back of the barge. Which end was unloaded first? This really demonstrates how much weight these
barges can carry. A typical barge can carry 1500 tons although newer designs can carry double that. One rail car carries 100 tons and one semi truck 26 tons.
There is lots of industry along this stretch - how is this for new and improved silos?
Our next anchorage was tucked behind an island where Daydream (our friends from Birch Bay) joined us. They paddled over in their inflatable kayak for an afternoon visit. We left early the next morning and had
a beautiful view of their little boat.
The leaves are starting to change - it’s going to be a beautiful fall as we move down the rivers.
Our view as we prepare to come out behind our evening anchorage back into the main river.
We haven’t seen so many fishermen in one area since the Chesapeake Bay!
There were quite a variety of fishing boats but the boat of choice has a low free-board, a pedestal fishing chair bow and stern, a standing platform for casting bow and stern, two to three chairs in the middle for going fast, a trolling motor on the bow, and a big outboard on the stern. They appear to have only two speeds, very slow when fishing and very fast when not. When going fast the outboard and a little bit of the stern are the only things that touch water. I never did get a good picture of the this type of boat but here is a smaller version.
The terrain has changed dramatically. The shore is very rocky and we have lost all evergreens. Only the deciduous remain. 
The cliffs are as beautiful as they are varied
The houses are built on or around the rocks, incorporating them into their landscapes.
Can you say - long walk down?
This one has its own garage and “driveway” for their boat
People get creative to bring in business along the water
We begin to see more signs of how low the water level is. This is a davit system to hold their boat - if only the boat could get there!
The “floating docks” are no longer floating
We arrived at Clifton Marina, a small marina with a terrific staff. We docked next to Jetstream - a Gold looper we had met at Green Turtle Bay. They invited us on board to cool
off in their air conditioned comfort, as the temperature was in the 90’s and our air conditioner takes a while to cool our boat down. 2 other looper boats joined us and all had a simple dinner of shrimp and chips at the marina
cafe. The owner (a retired pharmacist) let us use his beautiful Cadillac to run to the local store for a few groceries. Did I say how nice they were here?
Anchored in Ewes Bay 9/19-/9/20
Anchored in Dry Fork Bay, Panther Creek 9/21
Anchored at Rock Port Landing 9/22
Docked Clifton Marina 9/23
(Kentucky Lake)
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