Goose Pond Colony

A Very Nice Place To Be

Goose Pond Colony, near Scottsboro, Alabama  (I have no idea why they add Colony to the name) is one of the prettiest marinas we have stayed in during the entire trip.  In addition to all the normal amenities, it comes with a bait shop, restaurants, floating cabins, swimming pool, golf course and bar.  If this place were closer to home, I would keep the boat here.  With all the amenities this place has, it would make a great retreat.  I hope I can find something comparable in the greater Knoxville area when I get the Sea Me Smile "home".

Some beautiful river getting there

Mitchell rowing around with Gracie

We tried the restaurant the first night we arrived and it was, indeed, gourmet food.  The specialty of the house sounds terrible.  It is a combination of shrimp, sausage and a white sauce covering (can you believe it) grits.  Something I might never have tried except it is billed as the specialty of the house and how can a guy resist that.  But, along with a bottle of "Hot to Trot" red wine, it was excellent!  The proof is in the pudding, they say, and I would definitely order this again.  And, I may have a chance to because this is where we're leaving the boat for a couple of weeks, for some repairs (nothing major this time) and a chance to take another of our "breaks" from being on the water.

May Flies add up to big bass

Upon our return, we should be bringing the boat into the Knoxville area. Ah... ye of little faith... we are almost there!  Yes, I know that when Wayne and I started out on this adventure back in February, B.J. and some of you others down at the VFW were making jokes about not completing the loop until the 4th of July! Ha! One of those cases of truth being stranger than fiction! However, the trip has been memorable and the places, often times, fun to be.  I think after having done this leg of the loop, we would be in a position to run a fairly successful marina ourselves.  It is the little things that count, and as always in business: Friendly people and attention to cleanliness and details.

One angry baby Snapping Turtle

Goose Pond is where, for the first time, we have seen water lilies in our travels. In fact, they have them in such abundance that they have a spraying program to keep them under control.  Yep, you give a bass that kind of cover and they grow.  Even my eight year old granddaughter was pulling out bass that anyone of us would be proud to show off.  And they were doing it with a cane pole and a bobber with, you guessed it, a worm on the hook.  I threw one of those monsters on the grill the other night, or I should say Mitchell threw it on the grill for me.  (Gosh I love having a crew. I'm thinking of getting him a uniform.) He put a little salt and pepper and a big daub of butter on that fish,  wrapped it in tin foil and put it on the grill.  One fish, one meal = One Happy Grandpa!

YUM!

Well, Marci spent her first night on the boat.  It was a little warm but the fans helped a lot.  And the good news is, the next morning she was measuring and then started cleaning and humming before she left.  The secret is the humming.  When she does that, she is in a pretty good place.  Yea!

Well, we're home now and I'll probably hang out till after the Fourth celebration. Then we'll head back to the boat for another slow move up the river.