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| Where's Lollygag? |
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| We started our day early with a stop for fuel - intending on a long day. By the time Bobby's opened up, the wind was howling and it was cold, so we changed plans and tucked in a small creek for a day off. |
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| This is Turkey Creek, where we anchored. |
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| The gas from this morning sure came in handy for these nice hunters. |
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| Off they go to hunt anything that moves on land or in water. |
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| Wonder if heron's are good eating??? |
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| 70% chance of rain We were going to stay parked and watch the leaves fall . . . . . but decided to chance it and hope to find a place with internet! |
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| Surprises around every bend - pretty bluffs |
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| Bird of the day - skittish and seeing fewer each day Think they are going South? You can learn a lot from a bird! |
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| Navigation chart for Tuesday's travel. Some of the hairpin turns were real doozys - if you walked through the trees it would be 1,000 feet, but its 3 water miles to get around. |
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| Odd looking boat is a survey crew checking the bottom and water depth. |
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| Going into the anchorage - no internet or TV tonight |
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| Trip-line buoy for the anchor. |
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| Captain setting stern anchor |
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| This is the entrance to where we anchored. We held our breath going in as we were touching bottom and barely floated with both bilge boards all the way up. |
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| The morning started with locking through Demopolis. When the gates opened, we were surprised to see the smooth rock banks on both sides of the shore. Rounded and concave, they went on for 6 miles. |
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| "Skin - on- frame boat" Looks like its bamboo lashed together - the skin looked like blue tarp and empty bottles on the bow may have been for buoyancy. |
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| This is the next morning shot of leaving the anchorage - water dropped during the night and we plowed our way out! *note: buy shovel next stop |
