Demopolis AL to Mobile AL

Oct. 25 – Oct. 29

We finished our journey on the TennTom waterway and joined the Black Warrior River which will take us to the top of Mobile Bay AL. During this section we went through our last lock, (YeeHa!!) & anchored out for 4 nights as we continued south. We are still traveling with 2 other boats (Perfect Balance & Blue Angel).

 

 Turkey Buzzards waiting for us at the last lock.

 

 

This is our GPS showing how curvy the river is in this section. 

 

The first night we stopped and anchored right on the river tucked in real close to shore by a big bend. After anchoring we called the first tow that came by and told him that we were staying here for the night and asked him to pass that info on to any other tows he passed. There was only one other tow that came by so it was a peaceful evening. The other 3 nights we pulled off the river into narrow lakes with the current just strong enough in each one to keep the boats from swinging. There are no towns (thus no lights) near these anchorages so the stars look as if you could reach out and touch them.

Anchoring on the river.

 

To get to this anchorage we had to go 2/3 of a mile thru a very narrow channel.

 

 

A couple of mornings we had fog, but only one day was it so thick that it delayed our start by 2 hours.

 

 

The water is starting to turn brackish (which means salt water mixing in with fresh water) so we are in gator country now.

 

Oct. 29 we said goodbye to the river system and hello to Mobile Bay AL. (Also said goodbye to fresh water and hello to salt water). We travelled 12 miles down the bay and pulled into Turner Marine were we will stay for a couple of days.

Mobile AL.

 

 Shrimp boat on Mobile Bay.