Today’s leg: 1.5 miles! Tee-hee. We’re tied to the somewhat crooked dock of the Thirsty Turtle restaurant, just around the bend from the Green Turtle Bay Marina.
In the summer, this dock is for day use only, but it’s after-season now and nobody seems to care if we stay overnight. We are, after all, spending about the same amount of money in the restaurant as we would pay for a slip.
We’re here alone, kept company only by herons and other seabirds, within sight of the lights that illuminate the restaurant’s outdoor tables but far enough away to feel alone. Peaceful! And the water here is cleaner than in the marinas or rivers, so I took a quick dip from the swim platform. Ah-h-h. Nothing better than a cooling dip when your body is heated up!
Heated up by healthy exertion, that is. The rain had lifted by mid-morning so we took the bikes out to explore the Land Between the Lakes, the recreational area between Lake Barkley and Kentucky Lake. We got just a peek, as we’re not up for a long and hilly ride, but it’s as beautiful as they say. Can’t wait to explore more of it by boat.
Photos and captions follow….
For Many Moons 
Finally, the adventure really begins. I wish we had taken more time to explore the area when we were there on Tuulen Aura back in “93.
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I hear you. I hope to go back to that bike path on LBL today for a longer ride. The views of Kentucky Lake were awesome. We’re staying at Thirsty Turtle a 2nd night to do some maintenance that requires sunny days. (FyI, I’ve edited this post after some feedback from Jeff 😉 … and added a few more pics…so you might want to look at it again. I often do edits after going live….for one thing, typos are too easy when i write at night in the dark!)
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