Green Turtle Bay Marina-Barkley Lake, Kentucky 10/15/05

We decided to spend a week at the Green Turtle Bay Marina, on Barkley Lake, Kentucky. A nice full service marina. We arrived on Tuesday. The boat needed to be cleaned in the worst way and we needed to get out and stretch our legs. The marina is in a beautiful park like setting, nice for taking long walks. There are some huge houseboats here. They are like 2 story houses. Real party boats.
A charming small town, Grand Rivers, is nearby, about a one-mile walk.

And yes... there are green turtles here... Lots of them in a small pond just next to the marina.

This is the first time we have seen more than a handful of "Loopers" in one spot. Must be 10-20 boats in all. We all came together, on the very nice gas dock/patio, for cocktails and exchange of boat cards and many stories about the rivers and many boat problems. That night we went to dinner with Todd on "Egress" and Wade and Suzi, on "Miss Happ", we had shared some some tie up and anchorage spots with them. It was Wade and Suzi's anniversary, they asked us all to join them at the restaurant, in town, called "Patti's" to celebrate. Their specialty was a 2" pork chop and it was tasty. Also Jim says that the peach pie was the best he has EVER had.

We are enjoying this stop immensely.