Day 157 – Wednesday, November 17, 2010

87° 54.545’ W

31° 24.395’ N

Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway 

At anchor – mile 79

Alabama



Morning for in Bashi Creek



Another great day on the river! Once the fog lifted everyone untied the boats and slowly entered the river. We waited another 20 minutes for better vision due to a little light fog before moving down stream.



Leaving Bashi Creek



As the day progressed we decided to move further south than originally planned. We did complete over 70 miles today - a full day when cruising on a boat. The scenery is quite beautiful but repetitious. There is nothing out there but trees and more trees. On rare occasions there may by a house but their few and far between. Since we passed through the last lock on the waterway we are now at sea level and will experience tides.

We are now anchored on the edge of the river in 20 feet of water. The two larger boats anchored with their bows pointing up stream and I anchored with by bow pointing down stream. The end result is we have a three point tie since were rafted together. I think tonight is going to be rocky due to the barges passing by, They know were here and slow down when passing, but they do kick up one heck of a wake even when going slow!

Tomorrow we will do another 70 miles and anchor out again before entering Mobile Bay the next day. Mobile Bay has the reputation to be full of floating debris both on and under the surface of the water. Debris can rein havoc with your props! Also the bay is generally windy and rough and very busy with ship traffic.