We're continuing to progress and this phase is bgining to wind down. Today we will reach the half way point on the Tombigbee River, and pull over at Demopolis, Alabama for two nights in a marina. I ordered some parts, and need to go to the store there and get a few supplies for the last 10 days of the trip. Had some interesting weather day before yesterday. A cold fromt came through and just about blew us off the river. Winds hit 45 mph. We ducked into an absolutely beautiful, protected creek for the afternoon and stayed the night. The temp dropped and by sundown, it was flat. Yesterday made about 80 miles including 3 locks. It went well and parked in a slough on the backside of an island with 3 other boats last night. The rivers have not been what I had hoped. It has been difficult to access the history and towns. The past 3 weeks we have descended the Illinois, Mississippi, up the Ohio and Tennessee and now down the Tombigbee, and what is striking is the remotenes. There just isn't much habitation, and the towns are far enough off the river to make them inaccessable from the river. And the nations wireless infrastructure is certainly lacking. Our cell phone coverage and therefore internet access has been really limited. Still about 280 river miles from Mobile where we will leave the boat, but will chip 70 off of that today, and we don't need to be there until a week from Tuesday, so lots of time.
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| Muddy river but lots of southern pines on the banks |
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| Looking down river |
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We've seen some strange things, but a phone booth on the shore of the river takes the cake. I think it is an indication of the marginal cell service
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| 84 foot drop and the lock is opening at at Whitten |
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| Wood chips being loaded on barges |
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