Thurs. Aug.17. First mate Nial is fending HUCK FINN off the wall inside Demopolis Lock. This was our 2nd lock, the first at Coffeeville, where we had to wait a day at anchor in the scorching sun while lock repairs were completed. Each lock had about a 20' rise.


Next photo shows Nial at the helm of HUCK in Mobile Bay shortly after leaving DogRiver Marina. Passing through downtown Mobile, we crossed the official start (mile marker "1") of the Tennesse-Tombigbee Waterway. Our destination for Nial will be Columbus, Georgia, at mile marker 335.

Demopolis Lock is at about 215, and we're staying Wed. and Thurs night at the Demopolis marina just upriver from the lock. Captain Brion put a new alternator belt on the diesel and changed the oil. Nial got on the computer at the local library, after a welcome stop at the local McDonalds. The marina has a courtesy car for us to run around in. We also stopped for some groceries. Laundry got done and legs got stretched during our full day on shore. Friday AM we leave for the next lock, a full day upstream. Our next marina will be just after that lock. On the third day (Sun. 20th) we should arrive at the marina on the edge of town at Columbus Georgia.

This post is being composed at 4:30 AM sitting in the courtesy car outside the city library, the closest "hotspot" where I can get a signal for my computer. I'm just waiting for the local cop to stop by and interrogate my suspicious activity.