Good Morning

Today should be a busy day. The new heat guru is due in at noon, the plumber guys should be here any time (they said first thing), the fuel truck is coming. Mare is going to town for last second shopping. If all goes well we are off in the morning. For the uninitiated our trip starts at MM 9 on the Ohio river; we will proceed west thru 17 locks to approx MM 935 Paducah KY at which point we swing back east on the Tennessee river for about 185 miles after passing thru the Picwic lock we pick up the Tombigbee waterway. This is a collection of lakes, rivers, and canals connected thru a series of 17 locks and dams that bring us south to the Black Warrior and Mobile rivers then on to Mobil Bay. From there it's a strait across the Gulf of Mexico to Key West then up the east coast to Miami. The total mileage is about 2500. We expect to average 100 miles a day, which would bring us into Miami by the end of Jan. Maybe then we will PARTYYYYYYYYYY.