Land Between The Lakes - Day 19 - Green Turtle Bay Marina and Grand Rivers

Did I mention that Green Turtle Bay Marina and Resort is a spectacular place?  I suspect I did. Here's further details about the marina/resort and the Grand Rivers area.

After 17 days and 645 miles of travel, we had came upon on our first "we got to stay here place."  We debated traveling another 270 miles to the America's Great Loop Cruiser's Association (AGLCA) rendezvous at Joe Wheeler State Park in _____ or staying here.  It was an easy decision.

Here are some views of Green Turtle Bay Marina and Resort.

Green Turtle Bay offers a wide array of services

Yacht Club and fuel dock

Broad view.  Marina entrance in background.  This is a big place

More slips

And more close to the Boat Works



The Boat Works



Resort condos in a beautiful wooded setting

View of the Yacht Club as we tour the marina on the dingy

Diana, Kodi and Les explore the marina with the dingy

One of the numerous large houseboats that reside at the marina

The houseboat in the above photo is close to 80 feet long and a floating home on the water.  There are at least 75 houseboats in Green Turtle Bay (which has over 600 slips).

So, after exploring the marina, we put the dingy on plane and zipped at 20 MPH onto Lake Barkley and then using a channel just east of the marina that connects Lake Barkley to the Tennessee River and Kentucky Lake.  Our goal was to visit Lighthouse Landing, the marina of the Tennessee River.  It turned out to be a sailing harbor; 100%.

Approaching Lighthouse Landing

Diana and Kodi walking up the dock

The marina office - it was full of art

We walked out to a gazebo just east of Lighthouse Landing where we posed for photos with Kodi

Then we walked across the road and into the town of Grand Rivers.  Our first stop was the Badgett Playhouse where we purchased tickets for shows on Friday night (Smoke on the Mountain) and Saturday night  (Variety, a Branson type musical review).  Tickets were $19.99 each.

The Badgett Playhouse

Grand River, population 300 plus, was founded around 1880.  Click here for a quick history.  The central business is Patti's 1800 Settlement, which is a facinating operation (far bigger than the Blue Owl that was the foundation business at Kimmswick, MO).  Patti's consists of three restuarants, a christmas shop, other shops, a children's playlot, a convention facility and a wedding chappel.

Patti's main entrance

Patti's Mr. Bill Restaurant

Patti's children's play area

After lunch at Patti's, we walked through town and discovered that Green Turtle Bay was just over the hill; literally within 1.5 miles of Lighthouse Landing.  Fall colors are starting to emerge in this neck of the woods as shown by the photo below.

My attempt at an artful photo of fall colors

Late in the afternoon, after a brief stop at the IGA market for groceries, we returned to Guided Discovery.

Kodi in her hood ornament pose

Did I mention that the weather was AGAIN sunny with light winds and moderate temperature?  19 days in a row but who's counting?  I am and loving every day.

Written by Les on the day that events occurred.  Hooray!