Days 171 Kingfisher Bay Marina Demopolis, AL - Bashi Creek Anchorage, AL Start 6:25 AMEnd 3:30 PM Underway 8:05 Hours Distance 61 miles Total Miles on Trip 3548Av Speed 7.6 knotsLocks 1Weather Sunny , 73 Degrees, Wind 3 Knts SW I was "elected" to call the lockmaster for our departure. I was worried that we were going to have a problem with lockmaster. At 5:30am, I walked to the end of the dock to make sure the fog was not to heavy to leave. F...

Days 169 - 170 Cooks Bend Anchorage, AL - Kingfisher Bay Marina Demopolis, AL Start 6:50 AM End 2:20 PM Underway 7:00 Hours Distance 52 miles Total Miles on Trip 3486 Av Speed 7.3 knots Locks 1 Weather Sunny , 55 Degrees, Wind 10 Knts NW Another long day on the Tenn-Tom Waterway. The scenery is the same, but we did have a couple of must see sights along the way. The first was a phone booth on the bank of the river. Every looper takes a p...

Days 168 Columbus Marina, Columbus, MS Cooks Bend Anchorage, AL Start 8:05 AM End 4:14 PM Underway 8:33 Hours Distance 50 miles Total Miles on Trip 3433 Av Speed 7.3 knots Locks 2 Weather Sunny , 62 Degrees, Wind 3 Knts WSW We spent another long day on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. As pretty as the waterway is, I am starting to agree with Angel, it is getting boring. In addition to long stretches of the river, the towns we do stop at either do n...

Days 163 164 Joe Wheeler State Park, Rogersville AL - Florence Harbor Marina, Florence AL Start 9:50 AM End 6:40 PM Underway 6:00 Hours Distance 18 miles Total Miles on Trip 3190 Av Speed 5.5 knots Locks 2 Weather Sunny , 56 Degrees, Wind 2 Knts NNE What a long day. Our original plan was to leave Joe Wheeler State Park at 8:30 and make our way to Wilson Lock to be there by noon. We knew we would have to wait for hours at the lock, but better to be t...

Days 161 - 162 Ditto Landing Marina - Joe Wheeler State Park, Rogersville AL Start 7:30 AM End 1:30 PM Underway 6:00 Hours Distance 48 miles Total Miles on Trip 3173 Av Speed 8.1 knots Locks 0 Weather Rain , 49 Degrees, Wind 6 Knts NE UUGH!!! Another rainy cold dreary day. Long pants, and running the generator the whole trip to keep the heat on. I miss the warm sunny days we have had for most of the time on this adventure. It is bad enough that I ha...