Friday: We ate at the Mobile Yacht Club last night as each of us received a $50 gift certificate from Dog River Marina and Boat Works. We had a very nice meal and the Yacht club was within walking distance. We waited for Roy El …
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October 31, 2012, Still at Dog River Marina, Mobile, AL
Wednesday: In the past few days the winds have died down some and it was in the 80’s with lots of sun shine. The marina has been working on both Roy El and Kim Jo IV and they should finish Roy El Thursday and they finished ours t…
October 27, 28, and 29, 2012
Saturday, October 27, 2012:We were woke up at 04:05 by the boat rafted to us; he turned on his generator so by 04:20 we got up. It was a mess trying to leave at 05:45. It was still dark and the wind was blowing and the two boats rafting left first, …
October 26, 2012, Bobby’s Fish Camp. AL
Thursday, 10-25-2012:We got going at our regular time and Keith and I pretty much have our departing down pat; all went well. Before leaving we found out we had to wait on 3 tows in the Demopolis Lock. There were 4 boats in all in the …
October 22, 23 & 24, 2012, Demopolis, AL
Monday: We got an early start and we are traveling with Roy El and their guests; Carl and Greg. Smooth water, clear, and sunny with lots of Lilly pads in the waterway. Went through Stennis Lock which was right outside of Columbus Marina; 3 boat…
October 20, 2012, Columbus Marina, MS
10-18-2012 Friday: We got an early start again; 07:00. It was cool, about 60 degrees, and hazy but it turned into a beautiful, sunny day with the high in the 80’s. We only had 3 miles to go for our first lock; Fulton Lock, we went down 30′. Sh…
October 18, 2012, Midway Marina on the Tenn-Tombigbee Waterway
We finally got going this morning but not without another little “surprise” late last night. We both went to bed early and about 23:00 or so it started to rain and rain very hard. Not long after it started raining we were both woke up to ra…
October 17 2012, Iuka, MS
Well, we are still in Iuka, MS, at Aqua Yacht Harbor Marina. We had another “surprise” with the boat and we had to order a part over night. It was here by 13:00 and Terry, our marine diesel engine expert was here right away and everyth…
October 13, 2012, Iuka, MS
Our maiden voyage; the first time out just the two of us. All went good. We just drove around for a while just to get the feel of everything. Got a pump out on way back to our slip. We changed all our lines to get r…
October 7, 2012; Aqua Yacht Harbor Marina
It has been very hectic these past few weeks. It is a lot of work transfering from one boat to the other and finding places to put everything. On top of moving, we have had maintenance and mechanics coming and going on a regular basis. When buying a…
