November
10, 2011
Another early day! We had a Chinese fire drill this morning. We had planned to leave at 6:30-6:45
AM, but saw 2 boats leaving from the marina at 6. Greg called the lock and the lockmaster said he was
already loading boats. Well, they
boogied then to get me outta here!
Boreas and I made the lock
with 2 others behind us; a total of 8 boats in the lock.
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| Demopolis Lock and Dam |
I am glad they hurried because the lock was
closed after that for a repair to a hydraulic valve. Who knows how long I would
have waited!
The morning was really cold when we started out,
but once the sun came through the clouds it warmed up a bit.
We originally planned to anchor in Bashi Creek
or Okatuppa Creek. It was early
when I passed Bashi so they decided to push on. Okatuppa had 3 boats already anchored, so I went on to
Bobby’s Fish Camp. We ended up
rafted off of Boreas, who in turn was
rafted off Adessa. There were 12 boats total, all rafted 3
deep. Oh, well – it was an
experience (sort of like Henry’s Fish House in Canada – only a bit worse!). We still got charged $1.50 a foot for
docking, rafted 3rd in line and no electric!
They went to the restaurant and were a table of
10 (they joined my friend Duddon Pilot’s
and Spirit of Whitby’s people, with Boreas and Adessa’s people too).
Catfish was the dinner of choice.
I think they all enjoyed.
Tonight is supposed to be very cold and tomorrow
will be another early day. My last
lock and then I’m back to sea level and then saltwater! Can’t wait!
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