Paris Landing to Pebble Isle Marina

Rob Markum the Marina Manager at Paris Landing helped me get the chart plotter shipped off to Garmin this morning. He printed the shipping label for me and delivered the package to the Hotel so UPS could pick it up. According to the tracking information at UPS it will be delivered to Olathe, KS tomorrow by 10:30 AM. I am hoping for a quick turn around since the chart plotter is essential to our travels. Our journey on the river again was quite beautiful very scenic and relaxing. When the dams were completed several towns were covered with water and were moved to a new location. Some of the remnants of the old villages were visible today. We passed one 12 barge tow today. We arrived at Pebble Isle about 2:00, filled with diesel and tied to their pier for the evening. 

We were able to borrow the courtesy van and visited the Johnsonville State Historic Park about a mile from the marina. Johnsonville was a major military supply depot during the civil war. The confederate army attacked it and was successful in burning down much of the facility, however, it  only was rebuilt in a few weeks and back in service supply Sherman with supplies as he marched to Atlanta.

Interesting shoreline

Abandoned railroad bridge

The dams were completed in 1944, flooding some towns

Cast Metal Sign describing the Johnsonville

TVA flooded this town as well

Civil War Cannon

Barracks each house two soldiers

Information machine, turn the crank, push a button and a voice tells the story, keep turning the crank