Saturday Oct. 26 

58 miles    Columbus, MS. to Tenn-Tom mm#277, AL.

Our morning started out a little foggy but it burned off quickly. We pulled out of the Columbus marina at 0900 with 3 other boats and pulled into the 1^st lock of the day.

 

During the ride down the river today we saw 2 very unique things.

 

Right next to the second lock we went through there is the Bevill Visitor Center and the US Snagboat Montgomery. The Montgomery at 108 feet long was the last steam powered sternwheeler to ply the inland waterways of the south. For nearly 6 decades , the Montgomery labored to keep seven of the South’s major rivers navigable. She was built in 1926 in Charleston, SC and retired in 1982.

 

 

 

 

 

  We left the state of Mississippi behind and now are cruising through the state of Alabama. The scenery also changed along the way. We are now seeing more clay banks and grasses by the water.

 

 

We pulled off the Tenn-Tom to anchor in a little side river at 1645.