Alabama River Cutoff

(Friday Oct 26 – Dist: 68.2 mi; Avg Speed: 8.5 mph;
Locks: 1; LWT: 0; TTT: 8:45 hrs)

After the excellent stop at Bobby’s, we cleared the Coffeeville Lock by 8:00 AM. HURRAY, no more locks. We were fortunate on this trip because we had very few delays and there was little wind so locking through was not stressful, even somewhat relaxing. I am sure that part of this new attitude is the experience of the captain and crew. I hate to think how many locks that we now have completed with just Linda and I; hundreds.

This also means that we are now at sea level in tidal waters and will have to be more aware of the tides especially when anchoring and tying to stationary docks. It is only a couple of feet in this region and other than the fact that we are approaching a full moon it should not affect us too much.

We have been blessed with superb travelling weather making the very long day much more pleasant. We arrived at our anchorage rather late but did manage to get in a drink or two.

Following a nice meal it was early to bed.

Here are a few shots from along the way earlier today.

 Yes, we have started seeing Spanish moss for the past three days already.