Bevill Lock & Dam, AL to Sumpter Landing, AL

October 29^th , 2015

Thursday

Miles Traveled 37.4
Total Miles Traveled 918
Day 50

We left our anchorage at 9 this morning but didn’t get through Tom Bevill Lock until well after 10.  Just as the level in the lock dropped about 2 feet, another boat called the lockmaster wanting to lock through.  The lockmaster refilled the lock, opened the chamber doors and let “Kilt Drifter” in with us.  We are starting to see more boats heading south for the winter, not all of them are doing the Great Loop.  This is the river system of choice for those heading to the Gulf of Mexico.

We passed this grain elevator loading a barge this afternoon.

Good anchorages are far a few between on the Tenn-Tom Waterway, we shared this spot with 6 other boats today.

 

 

This was a really nice anchorage but zip on the cell phone provider access.