Good old Nebo captured most of our day...

A misty mooring at Coffeeville. We drink our coffee as the others arrive.

Some 'down-home' wisdom, y'all, at Bobby's

More from Bobby's. Couldn't recognise Arthur Moffat's secret knot.

Away from the last Lock (prior to the later traverse across the Florida peninsular)

The railroad bridge is down... but no train do we see. We slip beneath, anyway.

So near to Mobile, and yet so far. We're the red icon at the bottom.

Our wee group from last night follows us down the river

Approaching our destination, a work-barge is conducting 'underwater work' with Diver Below flags

The flotilla floats peacefully at anchorage in the Tensaw River

Rosie has selected her field, and gets ready to watch the Melbourne Cup via the internet

Day 32: Bobby's to Tensaw River (anchor)

November 3 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C

Off the dock at Bobby's Fish Camp at 0600 and feeling our foggy way down to the Coffeeville Lock where we're into the chamber at 0630 for a 30-ft drop to tidewater, along with 6 other rec vessels.

As we depart the Lock, the rising sun commences to burn off the mist and everyone takes their positions. Two RFBGS (Run Fast Between Gas Stations) vessels overtake us, we overtake a downbound barge tow in 13 ft of water, and a couple of hardy bloopers tuck in behind us, satisfied with our intended 10 mph for the day.

We voyage on - the river wide but not particularly deep, sometimes twisting and turning madly. At midday, we're 20-odd miles from Mobile as the crow flies, but about 100 river miles. At 2:15 we meet the Alabama River, which, having joined with the Tombigbee, now becomes the Mobile River and will take us down to Mobile Bay (tomorrow).

By 3:00 pm we're at the meeting with the Tensaw River into which we all turn for our anchorage. Make mine a margarita...Read more