Sunday, July 29

Wilson Dam - Tennessee River

New construction in Muscle Shoals - nice boathouse - Pickwick Lake - Tennessee River

Before casting off for another long day on the water, we jumped on the bikes for a quick ride around Goose Pond Colony ........ yet another marina in a park like setting.  This seems to be unique to this area and we have really enjoyed staying at these type of facilities.
We knew that retracing yesterday's cruise would not be that exciting and in fact it was not.  By 5:30 pm we had reached Wilson Dam, the oldest on the river.  Completed in 1925, it was declared the world's largest at 137 ft. high and 4,541 ft. long.  The dam is architecturally interesting as the arches forming the spillways are patterned after the Ancient Roman Aqueducts.  It is on the National Registry of Historical Places.

Painted Bluff - Guntersville Lake - Tennessee River

Just past the dam, at the far eastern end of Lake Pickwick we pulled into the Florence Harbor Marina.  We had traveled 120 miles and pasted through three locks.
This area is known as Muscle Shoals and consist of four towns - Florence, AL. on the north side of the river and Muscle Shoals, Sheffield and Tuscumbia, AL on the south side of the river.  The area offers several attractions for visitors and is a popular destination on the Tennessee River.