Sunday, January 21, 2007

Fri. 1/19/07




We have left the marina in Demopolis and made our way down river to MM 145 on the Black Warrior River. We are tucked into a little creek called Bashi creek. We pulled in and it’s just a little wider than the boat but its 100’ deep. We had to deploy our stern anchor for the first time. We locked thru the Demopolis lock with 3 other boats, a sport fish that took off and left us in the


dust. And a 53 Hatteras which we left in the dust. We caught up with a 33 out island sailboat that left the marina about 3 hours before us. They are tied up to our starboard side and are having a drink with us. We do our last lock tomorrow. It’s about 30 miles down river. If we get in a good day’s run we should be in Mobile on Sunday. Pat fixed some green Chili and pork for dinner.


3 comments:

Anonymous said...

you guys look great and your pictures were great ,must of gotten another camera.with less lock threws your making great time,seems achievement alpha might even make the news in mobile(about time)why not? interesting vessel and even more interesting crew,you come a long way with still more adventures ahead of you,wish i were there, but am in spirit, the blogs a life saver,even for a amature waterman like myself i could only dream of such a trip,love you,godspeed,see ya in march will keep in touch

Anonymous said...

The pictures are really great! We had kind of figured it out, but were glad you explained about the news story ... that's awesome.

Dale, Susan live-trapped the raccoon and gave it to a guy at the Farmers' Co-0p. He took it to a nearby mountain and let it go during his hunting pups' training session. Who's blog is this, anyway?

Godspeed and smooth sailing!

Anonymous said...

Great pictures Mair - looks awful cold tho - glad all is going well. How's Lionel feeling? - it stinks when you're dizzy - hope he's back to normal soon - but then again - normal is what? I can sleep tonight knowing the real interest of this story - the racoon - is back in the woods. Keep warm guys, d