Saturday, November 2, 2019

Tombigbee Waterway in Alabama


Bobby's Fish Camp


10/29/19   Tuesday

     We traveled on the Tombigbee River 97 miles downstream from Demopolis, Alabama to Bobby's Fish Camp,  a popular spot for Loopers.  It was a very long, tough day.  It was cloudy, but no rain.  We arrived to our destination, but unfortunately the restaurant was closed that evening, so no fried catfish for us!  We ate a lovely dinner with Dave and Penny on Southern Cross and made plans for the next day.

Rain, Rain and more Rain all day!


10/30/19  Wednesday

     We woke up to cloudy, rainy weather, but decided to go on.  We got through our last lock, Coffeeville Lock!  We were very excited to be through this lock, we have gone through over 100 locks on this trip!  We did a little celebration dance!

      Our vision was very poor through the Isenglass at the helm, so we followed Southern Cross for 66 miles, dodging logs and debris, passing several tows and barges, passing an area that was being dredged, all through a steady stream of rain!  We anchored for the evening up a narrow creek, called the Alabama Cut-Off.  It started really storming while we were putting the ancho down and getting settled.  It was pretty miserable, but we were thankful to have the miles behind us.  We cooked on the boat and watched the last few episodes of Yellowstone.  Thank goodness we had WiFi thanks to the MoFi!

Dredger



   

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