Thursday was a short day because of the distance between locks. We only did 2 locks Thursday
and stopped early at Bobby's fish camp. Here you see a couple that we met from Michigan. Their boat is for sale so David checked it out. They have a tradition of cocktails and dress-up each night for dinner aboard their boat so they did not join us for catfish at Bobby's. Friday we got the best start all week due to the lock schedule. We were underway at dawn (5:45 CST) and through the first lock by 6:30. We estimate we lost almost a day if you add the delay at locks. We cleared the last lock at Coffeville and ran about 115 miles downstream to Mobile Bay. It was raining as we went through Mobile Bay. We ran through the fog and rain across the bay using the GPS and radar with zero visibility. We exited Mobile Bay and joined the Gulf Intercoastal Waterway to Orange Beach for the evening. At Orange Beach we had to visit Flor/Bama, a giant redneck bar. This last picture is the bridge as we left the Intercoastal to run outside in the Gulf Saturday morning.
and stopped early at Bobby's fish camp. Here you see a couple that we met from Michigan. Their boat is for sale so David checked it out. They have a tradition of cocktails and dress-up each night for dinner aboard their boat so they did not join us for catfish at Bobby's. Friday we got the best start all week due to the lock schedule. We were underway at dawn (5:45 CST) and through the first lock by 6:30. We estimate we lost almost a day if you add the delay at locks. We cleared the last lock at Coffeville and ran about 115 miles downstream to Mobile Bay. It was raining as we went through Mobile Bay. We ran through the fog and rain across the bay using the GPS and radar with zero visibility. We exited Mobile Bay and joined the Gulf Intercoastal Waterway to Orange Beach for the evening. At Orange Beach we had to visit Flor/Bama, a giant redneck bar. This last picture is the bridge as we left the Intercoastal to run outside in the Gulf Saturday morning.
