Q's End: Licence to Travel: Bobby's Fish Camp

(Sun. Nov. 7 - Dist:25.9 mi; Avg Speed: 8.7 mph; TTT: 3:00 hrs)

T'was a wee bit chilly this morning. I almost slid right off the bow of the boat because the deck was icy. It must have been white ice because although there was frost on the sun pad, the deck looked good. I impaled myself on the bow flagpole so never did go in the drink. By the way, the water temp this morning was still 69 degrees. That explains why there is so much fog in the mornings when there is little or no wind.

Leaving Bashi Creek was not as bad as I was envisioning. I had to set both a forward and stern anchor because the creek was so narrow. Despite having Windsong rafted to us over night, we were able to free both anchors relatively easy and found that the mus was not as thick or goopy as previous anchorages.

It was unusual to see a cliff on any of the rivers down here because it seems every river is on a flood plain and regularly overflows its banks. This was a surprise.

It was a short leg today so we got to Bobby's Fish Camp quite early in the afternoon. It is a fish camp which leaves a floating dock on the side of the river so that boaters have a chance to fuel up and to tie up for the night. Faster boats usually do the 91 mile trip from Demopolis to Bobby's so that they do not have to anchor out. Linda and I, on the other hand, are now getting very comfortable with anchoring and we are quite enjoying the pace where we can eat lunch while travelling, look through the binos at the birds and scenery, move around the helm while Otto earns his keep, etc.

There was no sign of life for about 3 hours except for the 2 shotgun blasts at the 57 Viking that went through a no wake zone. Then about 4:30 this lady (Bobby's daughter) comes down to inform us to make room for a 74 foot boat that was arriving shortly. Evidently, the rules at Bobby's is that everyone will be accommodated. So Serendipity cast off and rafted to us for the night. All in all It was an odd place, somewhat disappointing; no washrooms, electric (notice my use of American speak) or water.

Here is a better picture of the spanish moss that we started seeing a couple days earlier. I see these as signs that we are getting closer to the real south.