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Last of the river systems before the Gulf of Mexico

The last week and a few days we have been completing the last of the Black Warrior River between Dempolis and Mobile Bay.  We anchored for 9 nights straight.  Here are some of the memories and pictures of the last of the river systems. A…

End of the Tombigee and the Beautiful Black Warrior River – Very nice side trip

 At the end of the Tombigbee there is a section with the most beautiful high white cliffs.  It is called Epes and is at the 248 mile marker.  Here are some of the pictures from the area.  As you can see these are very high and …

Waverly Mansion and The Bevill visitor center

We don’t have any pictures inside this mansion, but we did tour it. There were 4 floors which included the windowed cupola. The tour was guided and the guide was very knowledgeable. This mansion was within 8 miles of the civil war battles.The guide e…

Rainbows, shallow water, stumps—-oh my

We are now entering the river section of the Tombigbee waterway as we have finished the canal and the cut sections.  These are the trees, I think they are cedar of some sort and they are standing in water.This was a beautiful full rainbow.  W…

To our faithful followers – issues with photos

We are still traveling and we are experiencing issues with uploading our photos over the last couple of days.  Be patient, we are trying hard to resolve them.  Marilyn and Erwin

The Pond at Midway Marina

We stayed at the Midway Marina near Fulton Mississippi.  They have a pond on the property that was very cool.  It was stocked with Blue gills, catfish, and Marilyn’s personal favorite, turtles.Here are some the pictures we took.  The yel…

Largest Lock at Whitten Lock and Dam

Well, we made it through the largest lock of the trip, it is 84 feet deep and pretty intense.            This is the front gate of the lock.  You can see I am standing on the side of the boa…

Tenn-Tom waterway

This is a cotton field that we saw along the road when we drove to Nashville.  We went to a visitor center along the waterway.  Here are some of the pictures and facts we gathered on our visit.  Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway i…

Side trip to Nashville

Side trip.  We received a call from our wonderful daughter-in-law and she was in the airport in Atlanta (she originated in Seattle) and she was headed to Nashville for a conference.  So we decided to get a slip for the boat and rent a car.&nb…

Another frog

This is our second frog visitor on the boat.  He is much smaller than our first frog visitor.  He was only about an inch or so and really wanted to stay with us.   Erwin tossed him over after this pic and then later that evening I f…