Cruising To Florence, Alabama

   We left Savannah, TN this morning and are now on our way to Florence, AL. We hit our first minor glitch yesterday in Savannah. We had a leisurely morning which was a good idea because we ran into some rain yesterday, but we stayed dry and warm onboard and were able to exercise and do some laundry. After lunch, we boarded a bus for our excursion to The Tennessee River Museum and Main St. in Savannah. To our surprise, the ride to the museum was about 3 minutes long. It was when we got to the the museum that the glitch started to occur. There was conflicting information about when the bus would return to the boat, but while we were in the museum the mystery was solved and we had a definite time of departure for the three minute ride back to the boat. If you are thinking we could have walked, you are correct; but since they count bus passengers we decided to explore Main St and see what Savannah had to offer after visiting the museum. In the museum there were Civil War displays as well as samples of moonshine and hush puppies. Being a non drinker, I passed on the moonshine and tried the hush puppy sample, which was quite good. After we left the museum, the glitch continued. We encountered merchants who were closed. We came across a Merle Norman store that was open, and so we entered. There were four women in the store, two employees and two women who were chatting with the employees. One of the chatters was the mayor of Savannah's wife who saw our lanyards and asked if we were from a boat. We said we were, at which time we discovered that the good citizens of Savannah were not aware that a boat would be in this weekend, otherwise the merchants, who normally close at 3 pm on Saturdays would have been open. Apparently, they were not expecting a boat until next weekend. I believe what we had there was a failure to communicate (apologies to Cool Hand Luke).

  Last night a comedian was the entertainer and he was family friendly and funny. He provided us with some good laughs. Today is a day of cruising on the Tennessee River. We should arrive in Florence, AL around 5:30 this afternoon. Today's weather is a bit iffy since it seems unable to decide if it want to be sunny and warmish or cloudy and chilly and rainyish. Enjoy your Sunday folks.

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