Catching up. We have not had phone service for most of the way down the Tennessee river, the TomBigbe and the BlackWarrior rivers. The connection to WiFi have not been good either. Good luck today, as the marina we are at an have been since 3/31 finally has more than one bar.
Anyway here is an up date with a few pictures
The trip from Nashville was cloudy, rainy and the rivers full of debris. The marinas were not the best except for three (Grand Harbor, Greenturtle bay, and Pebble Isle. The others were in poor shape even though the people were very friendly. The local towns were depressing and had maybe one restaurants to choose from. The main fair was cat fish and by the time we got to Mobile we didn't care to see another one.
This is a picture of a sunset on the TenTom.
This is what most of the rivers looked like. We had to be really careful not to run over logs. The current down the TenTom was great. We were running at idle speed (600RPM to 630RPM) and cruising at 10 to 11 MPH. Great fuel economy.
This is one of the marinas (Pirates Cove) where we docked. The owner was great and helpful, but the marina was the home to mostly old boats in need of repair. The dock need a lot of repairs, but met our needs. The town was about closed down, had one restaurant. We had Cat Fish. The gas pumps at both of the two filling stations did not have a card reader. Had to pay inside.
Cona handling the dock lines at the lock. We made it through all the locks without incident. Cona did an excellent job and never missed the tie. We did go through one of the largest locks in the nation, 80 feet drop. We started at over 400 feet above sea level, and ended up at 4 feet above sea level in mobile.
Me as we passed the white cliffs of Eden.
The high light of our trip so far, Kevin, Vicki, Pace and Finn came to Demopolis Al and spent Friday, Saturday and Sunday with us. They took us to Walmart where Cona was able to satisfy her need to shop, and she felt much better after that.
Back on the water, bad weather, rain all day. Poor Cona, she had to stand out in the rain to lock through two locks.
One interesting thing on the way to Mobile was the bridge know as the Dolly Parton bridge. Can you figure why?
Well we finally made Mobile. This is the skyline as we entered the commerial shipping area of the bay. My ASI went crazy as we entered the harbor. The ASI picks up other vessels equipped with a transponder. My receiver picked up hundreds and scared us but fortrunlly most were docked and we didn't have to worry about how to pass ( one whistle or two)
Cona in the town of FairHope Al. This is a great town, lots of shops and places to eat.
The marina we are dock, This is the Yacht club.
Cona sitting on the deck of our boat getting ready to enjoy the sunset.
The sun set.
Beautiful pictures! Sure hope we get to connect. Looks like it will be end of May, first week of June when we have our adventure in Virginia. We may be too early to see you, but we will touch base with you sometime in the next few weeks to find out your arrival. Nice to see your pics of the both of you, Lucy, and the grands. Love and prayers! Sue D.
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