We arrived in Florence Tuesday afternoon after coming up the river 40 mile or so. Pulled into the marina around 2. We were looking for good barbecue and the marina manager and his wife (from Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin) suggested a couple of places. We hiked up the hill a mile and a half to "FloBama's". Usually when we have done this, we'll find either good beer or good food, and if we are lucky, both. Unfortunately this place had neither. The wings and ribs I had were luke warm out of the microwave and the waitress didn't have a bad attitude, she just didn't have any attitude at all. Yesterday we took the marina courtesy car to Walmart and resupplied, then in the afternoon took it to the Salvation Army for Cindy to look for treasures, and then the highlight of the day was going to the Frank Lloyd Wright Rosenbaum home just a few blocks from the marina. It was really interesting. I never realized it, but Buster's construction often featured pretty similar concepts in his projects. We planned on leaving today and going up the river, but are dealing with the aftermath of tropical storm Beta and it's raining, with 3 inches predicted so will sit tight another day. We'll try and take the courtesy car across the river and visit the rock and roll museum on the Muscle Shoals side of the bridge. We will have to work on timing our up river trip with lock closures. A barge hit the Nickojack lock door which is up river 150 miles or so and the lock is closed, opening Oct 1-6, then closed until the 15th when it will open up again. Can't get to Chattanooga and Knoxville without going through it, but timing it shouldn't be hard.
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| A buddy at our dock |
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FLW Rosenbaum home
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| Corner glass in the FLW home |
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| A "selfie" at FLW |
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| Our dock in Florence |
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