October 24th-28th.  We arrived back to the boat in Green Turtle Bay with friends Bill & Chris and left on a beautiful warm afternoon to find a remote bay in the Kentucky Lake to anchor.  We explored the shore via dinghy and grilled while taking in the sunset.  The next days were very wet and after a night at somewhat remote (and super 'southern' friendly) Cuba Landing we traveled through what we later found out to be part of Tropical Storm Olga.  It actually was not too bad while going through it as the river bluffs must have been protecting us some, but as we traveled for the next few days we saw extensive damage throughout the region.  
Clifton Marina (Clifton, TN) hosted a Halloween Costume Party on Saturday with music and dancing.  The 8 Loopers in attendance (& not in costume) got to be the costume judges, which was quite difficult as the locals went all out.  We all danced the night away - or at least until 10 pm or so, which qualifies as late when traveling on the river.  The new owners of this marina are doing a fabulous job and we highly recommend this as a stop if in the area. 

This area of the river sees up to 25' of flood waters and most of the banks are either reinforced or eroded.  The majority of houses are set on some level of stilts (if not high on a hill) and some are actually 1.5 floors.  We wonder about those that build in this area but were told that this is the best recreational area between Nashville and Memphis so people will do whatever it takes to enjoy the lake area.

The next lock on the Tennessee River forms Pickwick Lake and this was a 55' lock up. Just after this lock we pulled into the beautiful marina of Grand Harbor with several other Looper boats.  Happy hour was hosted by the boat Wine R and then we joined the other Loopers for dinner at the Aqua Harbor Grill .
Bill and Chris and Joe and I went to Shiloh National Park and the Civil War Interpretive Center in Corinth (at least the part we could get to among all the storm debris).  Corinth, MS was a very important Civil War area as the 2 sides were trying to control a key RR intersection there and the battle of Shiloh was the result of that control.  Abe's, a local haunt, was entertaining for lunch.  A no thrills diner with great fried food that runs more people through its doors than most restaurants 5 times its size.