{"id":929,"date":"2014-06-12T19:01:57","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T19:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.idylltime.com\/?p=929"},"modified":"2014-06-12T19:13:11","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T19:13:11","slug":"stormys-log-aqua-yacht-harbor-to-chattanooga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.idylltime.com\/?p=929","title":{"rendered":"Stormy’s Log: Aqua Yacht Harbor to Chattanooga"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stormy\u2019s Log:<\/p>\n

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Hello again, my name is Stormy.\u00a0 You probably remember me from my other log several years ago.\u00a0 I am now 12 years old and I am spending the next two weeks with Aunt Susie and Uncle Jeff.\u00a0 Let me tell you about my trip aboard Idyll Time with Sebastian. \n\t\t

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My trip started by driving in the car for four hours with both parrots, Homer and Nate, and Sebastian all crammed in the back seat.\u00a0 When we finally got to our destination,Aqua Yacht<\/p>\n

Harbor, I felt happy to be back aboard Idyll Time.\u00a0 The next day we all drove to Shiloh Battlefield and learned everything we could about the civil war battle.\u00a0 We watched a movie about this battle and did a driving tour to visit the monuments where all the fighting happened. After Shiloh, I got to go to Haggies Catfish House where Uncle Jeff tied his record of eating 9 catfish again.\u00a0 How embarrassing for me! \n\t\t

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The next day we sadly left Aqua Yacht Harbor and traveled to Panther Creek where we anchored overnight.\u00a0 This was our best anchorage of the trip.\u00a0 We swam, kayaked, and paddle boarded.\u00a0 I also jumped off the very top deck of Idyll Time. \n\t\t

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The day when we left Panther Creek, we went to Florence Harbor Marina.\u00a0 While we were there, we got the courtesy van and visited Ivy Green, the birth place of Helen Keller. \u00a0I learned many of the things she did for the deaf and blind.\u00a0 That night we went to the Florence Harbor Marina restaurant and they had really good hamburgers.\u00a0 We also met the owners of a boat named Kiki.\u00a0 They were traveling with their 4 dogs and an African Grey Parrot named Quigley. \n\t\t

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The next day we left to go to Joe Wheeler State Park.\u00a0 While we were cruising there, we had to go through Wilson lock, my first lock ever.\u00a0 It was cool.\u00a0 Wilson Lock is the fifth tallest lock in theUSand is named after President Woodrow Wilson.\u00a0 When we got to Joe Wheeler State Park we anchored.\u00a0 It was very windy and wavy. It was too rough to kayak or paddle board but Uncle Jeff and I went swimming anyway.\u00a0 I jumped off the top deck many times.\u00a0 In the morning, we went to the Joe Wheeler dock and went to breakfast at the lodge.\u00a0 They had a really good buffet. \n\t\t

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We left Joe Wheeler and motored up the TN River to Ditto Landing Marina in \u00a0Huntsville,AL.\u00a0 After we docked, we ordered Marco\u2019s Pizza and their pizza was really, really delicious.<\/p>\n

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The next day we went to Burns Island and anchored.\u00a0 The current was so fast here that you could not swim against it.\u00a0 So Uncle Jeff put a life jacket on me and tied a rope on it so he could pull me in.\u00a0 I defied death by jumping in several times.\u00a0 It was fun and crazy. \n\t\t

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The next day we anchored at Little Cedar.\u00a0 We put the dinghy in the water and I got to drive all around.\u00a0 On the last day we traveled all day and reached Chattanooga and docked at the yacht club.\u00a0 We spent the night at the yacht club inside the boat house. \n\t\t

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I had a great week aboard Idyll Time with Aunt Susie and Uncle Jeff.\u00a0 They said I was a good boat boy.\u00a0 I learned many things about the boat.\u00a0 I hope to someday own this boat. \n\t\t

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Goodbye,<\/p>\n

Stormy<\/p>\n

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