Monthly Archives: May 2015

We left on this our final day of travel at 7:00 A.M..  It was 60 degrees.  The cat is like Are we there yet???? The Admiral took over the driving in the morning  so she could take lots of pictures … Continue reading →

Only 48 miles today and then we are staying at an anchorage tonight.  The river has narrowed down some and it is a little more windy (windy like wind up the watch, not windy like the wind blew my hat … Continue reading →

We had another short day today, only 44 miles and one lock.  We seem to be doing a lot of short days.  That’s all right with us because we find that we’d rather get up and leave early and arrive early … Continue reading →

We have another short day today, only 57 miles and no locks.  Gary let me pull away from the dock this morning.  Bow thrust off, wheel to the right, power off.  Easy smeazy.  I did pretty good ;).  No wind … Continue reading →

We called the Wilson lock this morning by phone to see when they could get us thru, they said we should mosey on over and it should only be about 45 minutes so we left the marina and slowly made … Continue reading →

We were able to sleep in today, we have another short day, only 43 miles and no locks.  The next lock we have to go thru, the Wilson lock, is being shut down on the 5th so we are trying … Continue reading →

We left Midway marina  at 6:15 today.  It was 46°.  It keeps getting colder and colder but it certainly makes for nice sleeping weather.  We had pretty heavy fog this morning And had to use our radar It didn’t last … Continue reading →

Today we have 59 miles and 4 locks.  We lost our friends from Admiral’s Choice back at Demopolis, they left earlier than we did.  We left this morning from Columbus marina at 6:20, it was only 53°.  We spent most … Continue reading →

We left the anchorage bright and early at 6:30, it was 58° on the 27th.   Very nice day again, but it must have been a pretty boring ride as I took no pictures :).   We did go thru Coffeeville … Continue reading →

We left Dog River marina early today and found more interesting stuff to look at in Mobile Bay.  Luckily there was no fog this time and as it was Sunday morning, so there wasn’t that much traffic either.  We did … Continue reading →