Day 30: At Demopolis

Today was a 'rest' day. We got the marina courtesy car and went into town to do a food shop. Getting back to the boat and putting everything away, it was decided between Rosie and I that neither of us was sufficiently attracted to the town to go back and look around. So we stayed on board, Preston washed the boat down, Rosie went for a walk, and I attacked my over-full Inbox. Another major river in the region, the Black Warrior River, meets the Tombigbee here at Demopolis. It is the Tombigbee's major tributary. The river is named after the Mississippian paramount chief Tuskaloosa, whose name in the Muskogean language meant 'Black Warrior'.

Tomorrow, we intend for a pre-dawn departure to try and be ahead of the 30-strong blooper flotilla that is expected to depart here from 0800. So it'll be a departure in the dark and we're hoping for no fog. It'll be a 100-mile day and we'll anchor out tomorrow night. The first challenge will be the Demopolis Lock. How everything will work out tomorrow is yet to be known. Daylight Saving time reverts here tonight.Read more