Paducah Paradise - Food, History & Quilts (#58)

We were delighted to finally make the journey to Paducah. We had booked our slip a while back so we had a full three nights. After staying a day, we decided to shorten our stay to two night because there was such a huge waiting list of boats waiting to come. Luckily, our next stop, Green Turtle Bay, was able to let us in early.

Another gorgeous morning on the rivers.

Picture of the docks at night shortly after we arrived. We had a 12 hour trip to get to Paducah - 6:30am to 6:30pm. We were so excited to arrive here!

Ted cleaned off the boat after emptying our fuel bladder.

Lewis and Clark were here, and Clark owned Paducah.

We went to the Inland Waterway Museum and saw this great map about our next stage of our journey. There are two choices to get down the rivers to get to the TennTom Waterway. The Cumberland River is the longer and more scenic that most pleasure boats (Loopers) take. The Tennessee river is used primarily for shipping traffic and is much shorter. We are planning to take the Cumberland.

We also went to the National Quilt Museum. I've always wanted a home with a front porch and loved this quilt the most.

The creator of this award winning quilt also includes a smaller version of it in the next quilt about attending a quilt show.

See the quilt in the lower right hand quarter. She's also from Texas and there ar 14 hidden "Texas" in this quilt.

Laura was amazed to see this quilt about her birthplace.

We find another beautiful monarch again.

This snow river quilt has hidden animals within the quilt.

Stay: 2 days

Location: Paducah City Dock

Pros: Fabulous bakery, cute town, electricity & water (yipee!), National Quilt Museum, great food options, big town nearby

Cons: A bit rocky onn our second night, no restrooms or laundry