October 28, 2008: Clarksville, TN (again)

We were up early this morning saying good-bye to Nashville with the sun just rising over the Gateway Bridge. We are backtracking downstream towards the Tennessee River.

I should comment that we have enjoyed listening to the Nashville station on FM 95.5 “the Wolf”. It is the Nashville Country Music station and every time they play a ten song uninterrupted series, they call it a Wolf Pack. It makes us NC State fans feel right at home.

We were now headed downstream on the Cumberland, and we saw some fall colors highlighting the trees along the shore. There were golden corn fields lying quiet in the sun. We passed through the Cheatham Lock and Dam to return to Clarksville to spend the night at the city dock.

Since we had not been off the boat all day, we took a walk through the river front park to Wendy’s for our big outing. Tom plugged in the tiny white lights that were already embracing the trees along the path and made it like a wonderland. I guess the city will wonder how the lights came on... maybe fairies.