hello, we had a 25 day trip down the waterways of the tombigbee,that included flood waters and debris. Not a problem for the peacekeeper until we wanted to anchor. At times we had currents up to 4 mi. hour, even at anchor, some of the locks didn't even have to lock us the full depth for instance; Demopolis lock is a 30ft. they only locked us down 17ft. do the math!! On the other hand we were in and out of the lock in no time. Our anchorage in Ocatuppa creek the water was so high ther were little Islands of lilly pads floating at us. What a mess, caught up in our briddles and chain think of the boat 19 wide and this island is at least 25wide wow!!. After all that the water dropped 5ft over night, we were back to normal pool. Then we enter Coffeevile lock a 40ft and lock down 7.5ft again do the math. So never think boating is easy all the time.
We were half way I had a bad ear infection so in a marina and to the clinic I go they gave me 2 shots in the ass 3 prescribtions and on my way. Did get relief the next day. There are mostly rain days and few sunny days as we neared Mobile bay we decided to stay in the wall in the harbor ( its a Free wall ). Walked to town wich is 4blks in. Really a cool town the store fronts with balconys up top, the parks filled with people. We just happened to be there at the time of woofstock so many dogs in costumes made us miss our Diamond so much. So many cool dogs!
After all the fun in town we got back to the boat and enjoyed the view. Next thing 3am logs were hitting the boat a pile of logs between us and the wall another mess, fighting the current and debrs again. Finally after a few hrs. lets say 7am awoke again by the logs beating the boat we decided its time to leave this FREE wall. So off we went headed to the bay and gulf shores. Nice crossing the bay, as some of you may know it can get rough out there if the weather kicks up. So here we are at gulf shores and it rained thank you for the nice crossing.
One thing I forgot to mention Frank failed to fill our propane tank guess what we ran out and no cookin for me its can ravioli and soups, that gets old after while. tonight we will celabrate halloween at LuLus costume party, hope you have a safe halloween too!!
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