October 26, 2006: C-o-l-d and w-e-t! Add some wind to the mix and that pretty well sums up this day. We have slogged through 55.7 miles of waterway and locked through three dams today: Whitten, Montgomery, and Rankin. By 4:30 we were extremely happy to dock at Midway Marina at Mile 394 in Fulton, Mississippi , shuck off our wet clothes, and turn on some heat. I can remember seeing cruising boats from bridges on cold, rainy days like this and thinking, “What are they doing on the water on a day like this?” I’ll have to admit I wondered that a couple of times today too! On the other hand, we’ve made our way further south and proven that we can handle less than perfect weather very well. We were really glad to be buddy boating, especially since the electronic chart plotter quit about an hour before we stopped for the day. Now after a delicious chili dinner on the Cowhigs’ boat, we are ready to hunker down for the evening.
# posted by Second Wind @ 7:09 AM
October 26, 2006: C-o-l-d and w-e-t! Add some wind to the mix and that pretty well sums up this day. We have slogged through 55.7 miles of waterway and locked through three dams today: Whitten, Montgomery, and Rankin. By 4:30 we were extremely happy to dock at Midway Marina at Mile 394 in Fulton, Mississippi , shuck off our wet clothes, and turn on some heat. I can remember seeing cruising boats from bridges on cold, rainy days like this and thinking, “What are they doing on the water on a day like this?” I’ll have to admit I wondered that a couple of times today too! On the other hand, we’ve made our way further south and proven that we can handle less than perfect weather very well. We were really glad to be buddy boating, especially since the electronic chart plotter quit about an hour before we stopped for the day. Now after a delicious chili dinner on the Cowhigs’ boat, we are ready to hunker down for the evening.
