Wednesday
After our final two long and boring days on the Tenn-Tom we are at Dog River Marina in Mobile. We are having our first experience with tides and salt water. Not so sure we are fond of either. I guess it's something we will need to get used to for the next six months or so. One thing nice is that it is November 16th and the temperature outside is 75˚, this before 6am.
Monday
John called the lock early (before daybreak) and the lock master said that he had two down bound tows on their way and if we waited for first light he would have to lock them through first. So we alerted the other boats and in less than 15 minutes we were all on our way. The lock gates were open and we had the green light. This was our last lock until next May or June when we hit the Erie Canal. We are optimistic that it will be repaired and open by then.
It was a gray and rainy but warm all day. We anchored in Tenas River with Southern Belle without any problems other than they hooked a big log on their first anchor attempt.
Tuesday
We awoke to another gray and warm day with patchy fog. We had off and on rain most of the day. It was especially rainy and foggy as we went through Mobile Harbor. After passing through the busy commercial harbor we were in the very large Mobile Bay. Even though it is a large open bay it is quite shallow and you need to follow a well marked channel so you don't run aground. We did pass some shrimp trawlers out in the bay. We are seeing lots of different types of boats that we don't see up in northern Michigan.
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| Our first pelican |
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| Spanish moss on a tree along the Tenn-Tom |
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| Crane |
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Cranes |
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| Exavator |
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Boom Lift
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| We thought our grandkids would enjoy all this heavy equipment. |
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| Some of the ships seen going through Mobile Harbor |
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| Shrimp boat. |
We filled up the fuel tanks and got a free nights dockage. This is what is called a working marina, lots of boats around in various states of repair or disrepair depending on how you look at it. It does have it's own West Marine on site which John has taken advantage of already. We are meeting up with many other Loopers that we saw at the Rendezvous. Looper's are really like a band of Gypsy's moving south at varying paces.
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| Passport & Southern Belle at the fuel dock. |
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It already has her name on it, Christmas????
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John & Mary
1 comment:
Well, I was wondering what to get the Loopers for Christmas, thanks for the idea. Fun to see a shift in flora and fauna as you travel into the tidal waters. Formal request for more grandma and grandpa in the picture pictures- I want to see you in your t-shirts, as we freeze our toes in the snow!
XO, KJ
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