Had the pleasure of taking advantage of the beautiful (mid-80's and sunny) October weather here in Nashville by rafting to downtown on the Cumberland River. We loosely used the charts on the Corps of Engineer's site, mainly to make sure we didn't end up like we did in Oklahoma City where we put in, travelled about a mile and came upon a lock that was only able to be accessed by the tour boat that came by it. 
It took us about an hour to travel to downtown and another hour back. Our ramp was close to the Port of Opryland where two paddle wheelers do day cruises and dinner cruises.It would be a beautiful ride when the leaves are turning. So hard to believe this river could get out of its banks and produce the kind of flooding it did in 2010.
We only saw three pleasure boats (one was being hauled out) along the ride, but did see the General Jackson Paddle Wheeler steaming along from Opryland to downtown.
As we approached downtown, we could see the "Batman Tower" in the distance. Then the full skyline appeared at the bend behind the bridges. There is a beautiful ampitheatre along the West Bank of the River, with the Tennessee Titans' LP Stadium on the East side. We were a little disappointed there wasn't any public docking or restaurants that catered to boaters.
After getting close to the ramp at Old Lock and Dam Number Two Park, we went "Tom Sawyer" and just floated. The current we didn't realize until we turned the power off was amazing. And.....the silence.
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