Well it had been a scary Halloween with an almost full moon coming in and out of eerie clouds. Where has the month gone. We can not believe that it is Nov. 01st. But it was a beautiful morning and a lovely sunrise. Besides our group of boats there were many others leaving early to try to get through the locks and to an anchorage before dark. Our caravan all left at 7:00AM to a beautiful sunrise and a misty water. We all had to watch out for the water hyacinth's, they floated in all around our boat during the nite and they were everywhere. Lady KK was getting fuel but caught up to us real quick. The John C. Stennis Lock and Dam was just on the other side of the marina at mile 334.7. The lock master was ready for all of us so it was an easy in starboard tie. We thought that they were going to close the gate when the lock master came on and said that they were no waiting for 2 more boats, a sail boat and a house boat. That maid ten of us in the lock.
Once through the large yacht wanted out first because he had to get to Demopolis that day and was going to travel at 25+ mph.... So he was gone in a flash.... We all wanted to cruise at about 10.5ish which was great. The river is very windy and has lots to see so you really need to have a keen eye to catch some of the birds and wild life and a steady hand with a camera would be good too.... We found a telephone booth out in the middle of no-where and many beautiful homes... We are travelling as a group of four boats, Lady KK, Boot Scootin, Nanseann and us and we all seem to travel at about the same speed which is good. The day was going by great and it was only 27.9 mile to the next and last lock for the day. It was the Tom Bevill Lock and Dam at mile 306.8 and they were ready for us and it was easy at only 30'. We still had 36.9 miles to go but it seemed to go by quick.
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| Larry & Ms. Peaches |
We were all heading to an anchorage called Sumpter Landing at mile 269.9. It was on our starboard side and tucked back from the channel and it was perfect. Boot Scootin went in first and put a bow and stern line down then we went and followed by Lady KK and then Nanseann. It went soooo smoothly. There was a sailboat anchored in front of us but no one seemed to be on board. Once all tied and anchored we started to hop from boat to boat for cocktails. We started on Lady KK and finished on Nanseann. The sun had gone down and it was getting cool so we all came back to our own boats for the nite. We invited Dave and Diane to drop by and watch the CMA awards show on TV because they do not have TV as of yet and they love country and western music. It was a great show, but Carrie Underwood did not win best female vocalist of the year, boohoo.... After Dave and Di left we called it a nite....
Well it had been a scary Halloween with an almost full moon coming in and out of eerie clouds. Where has the month gone. We can not believe that it is Nov. 01st. But it was a beautiful morning and a lovely sunrise. Besides our group of boats there were many others leaving early to try to get through the locks and to an anchorage before dark. Our caravan all left at 7:00AM to a beautiful sunrise and a misty water. We all had to watch out for the water hyacinth's, they floated in all around our boat during the nite and they were everywhere. Lady KK was getting fuel but caught up to us real quick. The John C. Stennis Lock and Dam was just on the other side of the marina at mile 334.7. The lock master was ready for all of us so it was an easy in starboard tie. We thought that they were going to close the gate when the lock master came on and said that they were no waiting for 2 more boats, a sail boat and a house boat. That maid ten of us in the lock.
We were all heading to an anchorage called Sumpter Landing at mile 269.9. It was on our starboard side and tucked back from the channel and it was perfect. Boot Scootin went in first and put a bow and stern line down then we went and followed by Lady KK and then Nanseann. It went soooo smoothly. There was a sailboat anchored in front of us but no one seemed to be on board. Once all tied and anchored we started to hop from boat to boat for cocktails. We started on Lady KK and finished on Nanseann. The sun had gone down and it was getting cool so we all came back to our own boats for the nite. We invited Dave and Diane to drop by and watch the CMA awards show on TV because they do not have TV as of yet and they love country and western music. It was a great show, but Carrie Underwood did not win best female vocalist of the year, boohoo.... After Dave and Di left we called it a nite....
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