Sunday, November 01, 2009
Halloween on the Tenn-Tom Waterway
Friday, October 31, 2009.
Yesterday's heavy rain continued through the night, but by 7 a.m. the skies were clearing, and by 8 a.m. we were heading down the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway in the company of the Levines on Sandpiper and the Suttons on Double SS. Because so many boaters were leaving the Rendezvous, along with the snowbirds from Canada, Lake Michigan, and parts south, the waterway that takes us all to the Gulf and sunny Florida is a lot more crowded than usual. We locked through three locks -- Whitten, Montgomery, and Rankin -- with a passel of big boats. The weather has turned colder, so fleece was in order, but we were happy to see blue sky again in the afternoon.
We all spent our first night on the Tenn-Tom at Midway Marina. To get to our dock, Bob and I had to drive through what looked like a huge bowl of turnip greens! These aquatic weeds are different from the millfoil that we are used to, but just as obnoxious. The weeds were quickly forgotten when we were all invited to a Halloween Party, given by the marina for all boaters. The locals all had on costumes, and everybody brought a dish. BOOOOOOOOO! It was fun. Because we were pretty exhausted from a long day on the water, our evening ended early.
Yesterday's heavy rain continued through the night, but by 7 a.m. the skies were clearing, and by 8 a.m. we were heading down the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway in the company of the Levines on Sandpiper and the Suttons on Double SS. Because so many boaters were leaving the Rendezvous, along with the snowbirds from Canada, Lake Michigan, and parts south, the waterway that takes us all to the Gulf and sunny Florida is a lot more crowded than usual. We locked through three locks -- Whitten, Montgomery, and Rankin -- with a passel of big boats. The weather has turned colder, so fleece was in order, but we were happy to see blue sky again in the afternoon.
We all spent our first night on the Tenn-Tom at Midway Marina. To get to our dock, Bob and I had to drive through what looked like a huge bowl of turnip greens! These aquatic weeds are different from the millfoil that we are used to, but just as obnoxious. The weeds were quickly forgotten when we were all invited to a Halloween Party, given by the marina for all boaters. The locals all had on costumes, and everybody brought a dish. BOOOOOOOOO! It was fun. Because we were pretty exhausted from a long day on the water, our evening ended early.
