Got up early 5:30 to get our 71 mile day in. Well ole Mother Nature said I have been pretty nice to you lately so it is time I threw something at you. It was 30 degrees, ice on the deck, and the fly bridge windows were all ice. Started the genny and turned on the heat as the boat was only 50 degrees. Went up on the bridge and used warm water to get the main window deiced so we could roll it up with out it cracking. Got that done and the boat heat was melting the decks so things were looking good. Hello Mother Nature in rolls the fog thicker than pea soup. Well we were finally under way by 7:30 fog had lifted enough to see good and we headed out to the lock three miles south. We reached the Demopolis Lock and it was ready for us. It was a 40' drop and took a about 40 minutes to drop. Longest time in awhile and here we are trying to beat darkness on our longest day. This was the fastest we have traveled since leaving Lake Michigan, Dan lead and ran at about max for their boat, we averaged 10 miles per hour. Reached the anchorage at 4:30 just ahead of dark. Dan went in first as he has a keel that would hit before the props. It was the first time for both of us to drop a bow and stern anchor. The anchorage was so narrow neither of us could swing or we would hit shore. Glad to say everything went well as we each anchored separately.
Nov 28th Up and the fog had us stalled again. This time it did not bother us as our next anchorage is only 23 miles south of here. Around 9:30 the fog lifted and we had another first picking up two anchors. We let the chain loose on the bow and Lin backed up as I took in the stern anchor. When that was in Lin brought the boat ahead as I took in the bow anchor. Again all went well. The channel was too narrow to turn so we backed out into the river. Traveled our 23 miles and are anchored the same way in Okatuppa Creek. One more mile of travel and we will have traveled 3,000 miles on our adventure. We have 123.5 miles to Mobile Alabama where we will spend a few days in Dog River Marina before heading to Pensacola.
Lin & Rich
Okatuppa Creek, Alabama
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