6/27/17: Green Turtle Bay, Grand Rivers, KY (MM 31.7) – Little River, Goat Island Anchorage, Fort Campbell, KY (MM 59)= 28 NM

Goat Island anchorage is 4.5 miles off the Cumberland River on the Little River.  All four boats tucked up just off Goat Island & the Barkley Lake State Park to ride out the 4^th of July weekend.

We were able to dink over to the park/beach area each day and let Ike & Jake run free. We swam at the beach and off the back of our boats. One of our buddy boats cooked up a feast for the 4^th of July and we were able to sit on our boat and watch the fireworks. We swam off the back of the boats and had a great time.

The State Park Lodge offered reasonably priced breakfast, lunch, and dinner buffets which we often dinked over to and tied up at the free floating docks.

The local boat traffic is heavy on weekend and especially on the 4^th of July weekend. We had prepared ourselves for that but the lack of boat safety displayed by the local boaters was stressful. There was no water Police or enforcement which is strange to us since there are so many in the Florida waters.

On our way out of the anchorage we stopped at the Barkley State Park Marina to fill up with water. The Marina staff is excellent and professional. We would definitely stop there again.