Sumter Landing Anchorage on the Tombigbee to Mobile Alabama - Oct 29, 2016

Oct 26^th – It was a warm day with a mix of sun and clouds.  We left the Sumter Landing Anchorage at 6:40am and traveled 53 miles through 1 lock to Demopolis Yacht Basin Marina.  We caught up to Brian, Judy, Tom and Cathy which we said goodbye to back in Joe Wheeler State Park.  We spent the afternoon by the pool with Brian and Judy and then joined a group of boaters for a captains meeting to discuss upcoming anchorages and stops between here and the Gulf of Mexico.  Afterwards we had docktails with the group and then we performed “Do it yourself” pumpouts on all of our boats.  Afterwards we went to Tom’s and Cathy’s boat for dinner and had both pecan pie and birthday cake to celebrate both Brian’s and Judy’s birthdays.  We retired back to our boat early since we have to get up at 6am again tomorrow and run for close to 100 miles … another long day!

Oct 27^th – It was a hot and sunny day and we hear that it snowed in our home town (Keswick, Ontario, Canada) … our weather here is opposite of what our friends are experiencing back home.  We were up extra early this morning to coordinate the lockage of 6 boats for 7am and traveled 96 miles on the Tombigbee River to Bobby’s Fish Camp in Silas Alabama.  We took turns driving the boat and Maria decided to top up her tan and sat on the front of the boat in her bikini this afternoon.  Cathy and Tom were in the lead boat and saw 2 bald head eagles attack another eagle which fell into the water.  They saw wild pigs as well as an alligator.  Once we arrived at Bobby’s we rafted 3 boats together on their dock and had a cold one to relax after the 10 hours of travelling and then went up to the restaurant and all the girls ordered the seafood platter while the guys ordered all you can eat catfish.  

Oct 28^th – It was another hot and sunny day.  We left Bobby’s Fish Camp and traveled 82 miles and went through the last lock of this leg of the trip arriving at Tensas River anchorage at mile 40 of the Tombigbee River.  We are now officially in tidal water.  We rafted with 3 other boats and had a pot luck dinner with all 4 boats plus one other boat that was anchored in the bay.  After dinner we played Left, Right, Centre on Lazy Susan and then played Euchre on Valentine.    

Oct 29^th – It was another hot and sunny day today.  My generator would not start this morning and it appears that it may be fuel related.  Another job that I’ll have to tackle when we get to the next marina.  Max from Lazy Susan made us apple and strawberry pancakes for breakfast this morning … Yum!  After breakfast we left our anchorage and traveled 55 miles today to Dog River Marina in Alabama.  During our travels we think we saw an alligator … they are very hard to spot and disappear quickly.  We also entered salt water in Mobile bay on the Gulf of Mexico and Maria saw some dolphins … Now the next trick will be to get pictures of them.  I have a few jobs to do while I’m at this marina including getting replacement oil hoses built, perform oil changes and get the generator running again plus other odd jobs.  We used the courtesy car to go into Fairhope with 2 other couples and walked around the town and had dinner.  We finally get to sleep in tomorrow … however I expect that it will be a busy day or two or three ....  

Another sunrise while we headed towards the lock

White Cliffs on the Tombigbee River

More Tombigbee travels

Maria catching some rays while it snows in Canada

Rafting in the Tensas anchorage

Max & Mike ... the designated picture takers

Potluck party

At an Irish Pub in Fairhope

No ... you can't raft that thing with us!