[Barney Bear]

My family bought our first boat in 1949. Home port was Madison, Indiana on the Ohio River. We made several boat cruises down the Ohio to Paducah, Kentucky, and then up the Tennessee River to Knoxville, passing through Kentucky. Tennessee, and Alabama via the "Great Lakes of the Suoth" created by nine dams built by the TVA in the 1930's. The water is clear and there is a lot of shoreline. Perhaps there are places available for a reasonable price in this area.