Nov. 26,       Pebble Isle Marina    TR 95   58 miles    8 hr

Cold! Cold!  Frost everywhere again.  We used the hairdryer to get the frost off the front isin glass again.  Roy started the butane heaters about thirty minutes before we left and put them on the fly bridge so it was nice and cozy when we got ready to leave.  My hands were so cold yesterday so today I put on plastic sterile gloves(left over from infusion days) and then my regular gloves. What a difference when your hands don’t get wet!  We pulled anchor at 6:45 and it was a nice clean anchor. No fog today, no tows and only 2 little fishing boats.  Lots of ducks and geese.  They say 200,000 ducks migrate to here and 25,000 Canadian geese so this is hunters paradise. We did hear shots now and then.  Roy left me at the helm and I forgot that when we entered the Tennessee River, the green buoys were on the left(port)side and the red buoys were on the right(starboard) side so I kinda got out of the channel.  How quick we forget! We pushed it up a little to beat the rain and also to be able to fuel up before the rain came in.  We got to Pebble Isle about 2:10, were fueled up by 3 and within 15 minutes the rain came.  We took on 365 gallons.  

Since they are closed tomorrow, they brought us cinnamon rolls to bake for breakfast which is their tradition to serve Loopers. We are plugged in and nice and warm.  It is forecast to snow tonight.  Will spend Thanksgiving here.