Best of plans....change. We went the other direction. Took a seven hour ride back to Jones Creek to anchor out for the night. Testing the dog and our house batteries. In spite of hourly attempts to get him to use "turf" and potty pads...Dakota, the wonder dog, went over 22 hours without any action! We took a dinghy ride to shore bright and early Sunday morning for relief. We knew he had to go...and oh, boy, did he! House batteries didn't fair much better. We ended up running the generator in the middle of the night. Captain says new batteries before fall rendezvous time! All in all, it was a very pleasant night on the hook. Temps in the 60s...Rain clouds moved in mid-morning...so when there was a break in the action, we anchored up and headed to Guntersville Marina. It was a very windy and somewhat rainy four hour ride....but we liked it! Dakota loves it here....dog walk area and pet friendly. We are a little disappointed....stopped here to try the restaurant ....which is closed on Sundays.....such is life! Monday we will head back to Ditto Landing.

Life is good...running water has returned! New kitchen faucet righted that situation. Chores keeo getting checked off the list. Dakota is adjusting quite nicely! He experienced his first dinghy ride today....hopped right in and didn't seem to mind the whole life jacket experience. His first TUMBLEWEED ride also happened this afternoon...after a moment or two of  anxiousness, he settled in and tried to find a spot....but with Norm, our mechanic, and his nephew Mason aboard...spots were few and far between. Cuddled up to mommy seemed the best option....that is until she needed to work the lines and fenders....but again, we have no complaints. He has traveled well and adjusted just fine ....we are learning lots. Like travel with ALL his papers...spent a major part of my day tracking down a trifexcus pill (seems we forgot to bring them...and without paperwork would have been a major expense). He is learning a few things as well...like...don't dig up ant hills! What an experience that was...for all of us! We are planning a little trip down to Joe Wheeler on Wednesday or Thursday ...anchoring out will force us to use the indoor potty routine...we'll see how that works. And no one has been in the water yet...heat keeps up and we'll all be swimming soon! Oh, I really need some photos...I'll work on that! Stay tuned!