A short distance from Green Turtle Bay on Lake Barkley is a short canal, maybe 1/2 mile long, which takes you to Kentucky Lake. These are two beautiful lakes with nice shore lines, numerous bays which are great for anchoring out and many small marinas. There are cottages, some are mansions, but they are not so plentiful that they ruin the scenery or the great ourdoor feeling that one gets on these lakes. Fishing of course is very popular; I have not yet met any guy that does not have a bass boat or that does not fish every chance he gets.
Kentcuky Lake was large enough that with just a 10 mph wind against the current of the river, there were white caps on the water and waves were about 1 to 1 1/2 feet. Nothing like the Great Lakes but the first that we have seen since Chicago. The leaves are starting to change into their fall colors. The colors do not seem as brilliant as we see in Canada. I am not sure if it is the gradual change in tempatures or the types of trees that are done here. Regardless, we can't complain about the weather. We have had weeks of sunny warm days in the high 70's and mid 80's and cool nights falling into the 50's and the odd time into the 40's. For my Canadian friends this is all in Fahreneit degrees. I have adapted easily to the old ways of measuring distance and temperature.
Paris Landing State Park
With the lake being as large as it was we went up on plane and arrived at the marina by 12:30. We had a nice lunch on board, a couple of cocktails, BBQ for supper and had a relaxing afternoon and evening. There is a golf course in the park, we have a tee time of 1:08, and the lodge has a buffet almost every night. Tonight we are going to partake of the Prime Rib evening at the lodge. It will be interesting to see if we can still swing a club.
Well as you can see, we did golf and we are glad we did. The course was pictureques, hilly, narrow and generally provided an all around a pleasant afternoon. The temp was good and the leaves were just starting to change. Our golf was less than spectacular but it really didn't matter.
I noticed that there were many houseboats both large and small at Green Turtle Bay and again here at Paris Landing.
My neighbors here have a 73 foot older houseboat. They are live aboards and really use this as their home. They do not take it out nor go on any trips with it. They have a smaller houseboat which they use for day trips and taking the grand kids to the beach. They were telling me that it was so hot this past smaller that they had to take an extended visit with one of their children in Seatle. I could see doing some slow touring in something that comfortable but to sit in one place??? Oh well, a different lifestyle.
A couple of photos from earlier today and I am all caught up.
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