We are on the hook tonight. It is beautiful.
Here are some rambling thoughts from the past couple days.
We are now on the Lower BlackWarrior-Tombigbee Waterway. Lots of debris in the water. They say the closer you get to Mobile Bay the worse it gets. Mostly sticks and logs but also various other junk. (A gas can?) It's like playing dodge em ball. Just watch out for your depth. Don't want to run a ground.
It's so funny how the river looks the same and then all of a sudden a boat turns in and disappears into a side bay or river. You can't see the entrance until your right on top of it.
Did you out know that Spanish moss is neither a moss nor a parasite. It's actually a member of the pineapple family and survives by absorbing water from the air.
We are officially in alligator country now. Haven't seen any but we hear they are around.
You know you are in the south when you see a tarp being used as roofing material, said one of our friends from S. Carolina as we passed a house today with a big blue tarp on half the roof.
We have seen flocks of snowy white egrets and many many blue herons. They all like to hang out at the locks and will even ride the doors shut. Then they wait for the lock to empty leaving little fish floundering on the shelves of the lock doors. Easy pickings for the egrets and herons alike.
We got stuck behind a tow pushing 3 barges of coal today. There was a very tight curve in the river and the tow always wins so we just waited. Interesting to watch the tow captain maneuver around that tight hairpin turn.
Enough for now. We have been getting up at o-dark-thirty the past few mornings. That means going to bed by 8. Time to crawl in with the big guy.
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