Wilkens Lock and Dam

We are four of ten locks into the Tenn-Tom Waterway. We locked thru the first three with the same boats one of which coordinated lockage so there was no wait. Our first lock, the Whitten L/D was our biggest drop for the trip at 84 feet!! There’s doors in the lock wall that leak and depending on which bollard you pick it could be a waterfall… but we did well and stayed dry. After our third lock we stopped into Midway Marina for fuel and lunch. When we were leaving the Marina we met up with another looper and locked thru with them. Again no wait. They anchored right on the other side of the lock and we continued to the next lock where there’s a boat ramp in a cove. Easy access to shore for the pup and tomorrow morning we should be able to lock right thru… hopefully 🤞… temps are going down to 41 tonight. We were outside watching the moon rise but it got a bit too chilly for me…. Course I still have one more pup trip to shore. Almost forgot to mention at our last lock the lock tender gave us venison freshly packaged yesterday. They are all pretty nice so far but this was unexpected. Will be dinner tomorrow. 48 miles today.Read more