DAY 47 - November 17, 2023

 

We departed Kingfisher Bay Marina at Demopolis, Alabama in the dark at 5:30 this morning. Three miles later we entered a lock with eight other boats to drop about forty feet.

After leaving the lock we passed a waterfall on the river. The only other place I've seen a waterfall on a river is on the Ohio River at Louisville.

The rock formations along the river bank and the Spanish moss hanging from the trees is a reminder that we're in the southern part of the United States.

We passed under this railroad lift bridge. The center section lowers when trains are ready to pass through.

We passed through miles and miles of natural river and forest. We saw no litter, no people and hardly any animals. However..........

We saw three alligators along the river bank. These three pictures are all of one alligator. The captain of one boat thought they were steering to avoid a log before realizing it was an alligator in the river.

Tonight we're anchored in the middle of Bashi Creek off of the Tombigbi River. There are very few places to anchor over the two hundred mile stretch we're on now. In this photo you can see the anchor line attached to our boat.

To keep from swinging into the river bank, we did a stern-tie to some solid debris in the middle of the river. This is the first time we've used this technique and it seems to be working pretty well.