Friday
Miles Traveled 35.9
Total Miles Traveled 810
Day 44
Today was a busy day; we locked through 4 locks and anchored
just off the channel before the Glover Wilkins Lock at Smithville, MS. Our first lock was the Jamie Whitten Lock
with a drop of 84 feet. As we entered
the lock, another boat “American Pie 2” joined us. Since we all cruise about the same speed, the
lockmaster called ahead to have the next lock ready for us.
We cruised through part of a 44 mile section of the
waterway that is built on the side of a hill.
The west side of the waterway is held in place by a man made levee. Failure of this levee would not only flood
the adjacent land to the west, but also drain the canal.
We anchored off the channel here about 3 this
afternoon, ready for lock 5 in the morning.
8 comments:
When you get to Aberdeen make sure you have the Kenny Wayne song of that name cranked!
Darn! Didn't get your message til we docked at the marina. We have very limited cell service here. I'll have to see if I have that and crank it up anyway!
You made some good time! You keep drag racing tows and you'll be in Mobile before you know it!
Just practicing on the tows, looking forward to see what the container ships can do in Mobile Bay.
Sorry to hear about the eye opening experience for your "Firebird" friends, but I imagine there was some major relief that it happened to them and not you. ARRRRGGGGH SNAKES!!!
Snakes were not something we were looking for in the locks....now we look for everything!
Snakes were not something we were looking for in the locks....now we look for everything!
Snakes were not something we were looking for in the locks....now we look for everything!
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