It was a very long day again but pleasant enough. Leaving Midway in the morning were 4 boats including a 22' sailboat with a 8 HP outboard. It could only do about 5 mph so after some discussion and the blessing of the sailboat we pulled away leaving them behind. After another lock one of the other boats encountered transmission problems and we pulled away from them. In the end the other remaining boat decided to fuel up before the last lock so we ended up going through that lock by ourselves. It was the quickest ever; the gates started closing the moment we cleared them and the water started dropping as soon as we gave the "all secure" to the lockmaster. From start to finish it was less than 20 mins.
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| Attempting to remove the prop from this 62 foot Nordhaven. |
Columbus Marina is a busy and popular place. Everyone stops here and many use the marina for staging and provisioning for the remainder of the trip to the Gulf. People move their cars to Florida, have visitors meet them here or do minor repairs on their boats. In the bay by the marina there is a serious crop of water lilies. I have never seen so many nor ones so big.
My most favourite BBQ in the world is nearby and of course we stopped on our first day here right after stocking up on supplies. We brought home a rack of ribs and a pound of brisket... unbelievably good.
I am not alone in my fondness for Hanks BBQ. On Friday the marina had a pot luck get together and they supplied the brisket and the pulled pork. With all of the covered dishes brought by the other boaters, we had a feast; a very great time.
Linda is going golfing today with another lady and I will end up watching football with the rest of the guys. I tweaked my knee again and want to give it a rest for a couple of days. That is becoming an ongoing annoyance.
Tomorrow we head for an anchorage that is 65 miles down river and 2 locks away. We will be travelling with Carleton and Becky on Seamore whom we met on our first Loop. We both have reservations for the winter in Marathon.
I will leave you with a couple of pics from inside my favourite BBQ place. It is not much inside or out but the food is oh so good.
I understand they do good knee arthroscopies in Marathon ;-) Looks like we will catch up with you there when we head (by car) down to KW in Feb and again in March! Of course, I'd rather be on my boat...
ReplyDeleteHi Guys: We are heading for Columbus and have cleared the last lock. We have been travelling with 2 other boats since Joe Wheeler + 1 other boat that does not socialize with us. We are staying a few day and then on to Demopilis. Saw Tony and Shirley at Joe's. He beat Don in golf as usual. Enjoy your blog. We hope to catch up with you both somewhere down the line.
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