Sunday, October 22, 2017

Bayou Country and Rivers End

October 16 -17 

We left Kingfisher Marina and entered the Black Warrior Tombigbee, AKA BWTB for another beautiful day on the river.  We saw our first alligators today.  I saw one swimming and at first thought it was a log, but it was an alligator!  Bruce was busy up on the bow and I started screaming, 'Look at the alligator'!!!  I must have scared the poor alligator half to death because just as Bruce looked for it, he sank below the water.  Then Bruce saw one on the bank and just as I was trying to spot it, he decided to disappear into the water.
We anchored late that afternoon at Bashi Creek which is very narrow, you either must back in or back out.  We backed in with depths of 5-7 feet and anchored just past the boat ramp.  As there is no swing room we tied a stern line to a tree and had no problems, we barely moved at all.

               
The Boat Ramp
  
Stern tied off

After a short day on the river we stayed at Bobby's Fish Camp.  It was pretty quiet and only one other boat came in after us, the ICW Traveler.  The next morning was cold, only 49 degrees with smoky fog drifting up from the water.  We got right through our last lock, Coffeeville with no problems.

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Bobby's Fish Camp

 Waiting with ICW Traveler at Coffeeville Lock

Our last anchorage on the rivers at the Alabama River Cutoff

We are off to see the ocean~~~~~~~~~

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