Day 158 – Thursday, November 18, 2010

87° 59.708’ W

30° 52.145’ N

At anchor Big Bayou Canot – mile 16.6 on Mobile River

Alabama



Leaving last nights anchorage



Dolly Parton bridge
(this is what the locals call it)



Getting ready to anchor for the night



Another great day on our way to the Gulf! We woke to rain that stopped by the time we were ready to weigh anchor and get underway. After a few minutes of fumbling around, the three boats starter down river. A few minutes later our Canadian friends in The Old Grouch weighed anchor and joined us for the day. Sixty-five miles later we entered Big Bayou Canot and found a location that was perfect for the three of us to have enough room to anchor together as we did the night before.



Our Canadian friends anchored a few hundred feet from us and joined us for dinner on Stan and Colleen’s boat. As always the food was superb but the company was great!



Tomorrow we will enter Mobile Bay and go to Dog Harbor Marina. Carl will have his props checked, Stan will change his oil and Barb and I will do a little house keeping.

Its 8 pm and everyone has returned to their boats for the night. With the cold night air and total darkness it’s easy to sleep!