Tennessee becomes a river

Just below the Pickwick Dam the lake became a river.

Divers at Pickwick

We waited at the Pickwick Dam for divers to complete their work on the auxilliary lock.

AA at Grand Harbor

We ducked into Grand Harbor at the head of the Teen-Tom when the weather turned bad.

Dream Tri

The ideal trimaran for the waterway - towboat elevation and lots of room.

Ultimate slip

Not many people get to dry sail a obat this size!

At the helm

River travel required full time helming.

Forestry supports the waterway

The Tenn-Tom provides access to a variety of wood products. In this case chips for papermaking.

Marina in the trees

Cypress trees mask a popular marina stop on the upper Tenn-Tom.

Bad Buoy,

bad buoy, what you gonna do. Never learned what it did wrong... wayward nun?

River recycling

This summer home will soon be reclaimed by the river.

9th highest

The first Tenn-Tom Lock, the Whitten, is the ninth highest in the US.

Let there be light

The Whitten gates open to re-introduce us to daylight.

Pole locker

Ruth fends the bow off as we lock down.

Modern Dino?

Nope, it's a crane feeding logs to a log chipper. That your accomplice there...?

New birds

Pole or tree top nests introduced the osprey?

Tenn-Tom trench

The early part of the Tenn-Tom, once out of the Whitten lock, is a canal

Tiers tell the story

Each tier is capped with a dirt road, witness to the fact that more dirt was moved than in building the Panama Canal.

Controlled Egress

Rivers entering the Tenn-Tom are controlled to prevent silting.