We had buckets of heavy, dense fog today. My nemesis. Pulled off the dock this morning at 6:35. Ran out to the first set of markers and thought we might not be able to get back to the dock. I have never seen fog roll in that quickly and heavy. WOW! We got back to the dock and tied up and waited another 20 minutes or so. Fog lifted a bit and we headed out at 7:00. Ran up to the top of Mobile Bay, about 16 miles, where we were again stopped by thick fog. We go to a working dock and had to stay about 100 yards off to keep a point of reference. At one point, the fog was so thick we couldn't see the dock about 100 feet away.
After an hour and half of just idling next to the dock, the fog lifted at 9:30 and we finally got moving. After the fog was gone, the day was about perfect. It was bright and sunny and the temperature while moving was delightful. We ran the first 117 miles to Coffeeville Lock and arrived at 2:00pm. We only had about a 15 minute wait at the lock before they put us through. We keep the boat moving really well the rest of the day. We arrived at the Demopolis Lock at 6:15pm. Once through the lock we tied up at the Demopolis, AL Yacht Basin. We covered 233 miles today. Fuel at the marina was $2.69 a gallon and the dockmaster let us borrow his car to run to dinner at the Red Barn Lounge where we had a great meal. Got back to the boat just before 10:00pm. We are both looking forward to a good nights sleep.
The Black Warrior River and the Tenn-Tom have been great. Very easy to navigate, deep water and, much easier than the ICW. Here are some pics from the day.
That tug and barge were only 100 yards away.
Now that is some thick fog. Couldn't even see the tug and barge.
The fog finally lifted and that is downtown Mobile.
The lock doors of the Coffeeville Lock as they close behind our boat.
Jeff has the boat tied to the bollard.
Getting ready to enter the Lock
A beautiful ride up the river today.
We are preparing to enter the Demopolis Lock after the tow goes in and gets settled.
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